Oggenhausen 2
Basic information
Sample name: Oggenhausen 2

Reference: R. Böttcher, E. P. J. Heizmann, M. W. Rasser, and R. Ziegler. 2009. Biostratigraphy and palaeoecology of a Middle Miocene (Karpathian, MN 5) fauna from the northern margin of the North Alpine Foreland Basin (Oggenhausen 2, SW Germany. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Palåontologie - Abhandlungen 254(1-2):237-260 [ER 2354]
Geography
Country: Germany


Coordinate: 48° 40' N, 10° 9' E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Middle Miocene

Zone: MN5

Ma: 15.5

Geography comments: "directly SW of the town Oggenhausen" (coordinate based on Heidenheim an der Brenz)
"Early/Middle Miocene transition (mammal unit MN 5)" and specifically in the early part of MN 5 before the Early/Middle Miocene boundary (this interpretation of MN 5 differs from that of Costeur and Legendre 2008, which I am following and which indicates an age of about 15.5 Ma for early MN 5)

Environment
Substrate: ground surface

Lithology: claystone

Habitat comments: "clays and marls mixed with fragments and grit of Upper Jurassic Limestone, resembling ejecta of the nearby Ries impact"

Methods
Life forms: bats,carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other small mammals

Sites: 1

Sampling methods: screenwash

Sample size: 381 specimens

Sampling comments: "a sample of about 600 kg which has been screen washed with a minimum mesh size of 0.5 mm"
numerous gastropods are also present

Metadata
Sample number: 2524

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2017-02-14 10:28:31

Modified: 2023-09-08 11:50:24

Abundance distribution
23 species
5 singletons
total count 381
geometric series index: 35.7
Fisher's α: 5.382
geometric series k: 0.8060
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8322
Shannon's H: 2.2206
Good's u: 0.9869
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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