ACB MB
Basic information
Sample name: ACB MB

Sample aka: Almenara MB

Reference: S. Mansino, V. D. Crespo, M. Lâzaro, F. J. Ruiz-Sânchez, J. Abella, and P. Montoya. 2016. Fossil micromammals of the early Pliocene locality of Almenara MB: biostratigraphical and palaeoecological implications. Spanish Journal of Palaeontology 31(2):253-270 [ER 2418]
Geography
Country: Spain

State: Castellón


Coordinate: 39° 45' N, 0° 14' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Early Pliocene

Zone: MN14

Age basis: zone

Geography comments: "in the vicinity of the locality of Almenara" (coordinate based on Almenara)
"MN14... earliest Ruscinian"

Environment
Substrate: ground surface

Lithology: claystone

Habitat comments: "fissure infilling": shown in Fig. 2 to be from a horizon of "clays"

Methods
Life forms: bats,rodents,other small mammals

Sampling methods: screenwash

Sample size: 93 specimens

Years: 2007

Sampling comments: "we extracted 250 kg of sediment" (almost certainly meaning the sample was screenwashed)

Metadata
Sample number: 2633

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2017-02-21 19:22:16

Modified: 2023-09-11 10:29:44

Abundance distribution
13 species
5 singletons
total count 93
geometric series index: 24.3
Fisher's α: 4.111
geometric series k: 0.7532
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8288
Shannon's H: 2.0644
Good's u: 0.9462
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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