Barranc de Can Vila 1
Basic information
Sample name: Barranc de Can Vila 1

Sample aka: BCV1

Reference: M. Furió, I. Casanovas-Vilar, S. Moyá-Solá, M. Köhler, J. Galindo, and D. M. Alba. 2011. Insectivores (Eulipotyphla; Mammalia) from the Middle Miocene of Barranc de Can Vila 1 (Vallès-Penedès Basin, Catalonia, Spain). Geobios 44:199-213 [ER 3905]
Geography
Country: Spain

State: Barcelona


Coordinate: 41.523197° N, 1.805321° E
Coordinate basis: estimated from map

Formation: Valles Penedes Basin

Time interval: Middle Miocene

Zone: MN7

Ma: 11.9

Age basis: paleomag

Geography comments: BCV1 is located near the Can Vila farmhouse outside of the town of els Hostalets de Pierola in NE of Barcelona, Catalonia

Combined magnetostratigraphic and biostratigraphic data placed the estimated age of the locality at 11.9 Ma

Environment
Lithology: siliciclastic (mixed)

Taphonomic context: fluvial deposit

Habitat comments: The sediments of BCV1 were deposited at the edge of the coalescence of two major alluvial fan systems

Predators such as barn owls may have been a factor in the accumulation of micromammal remains at BCV1, but it is still debated


Methods
Life forms: rodents,other small mammals

Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash

Sample size: 421 specimens

Years: 2003, 2004

Sampling comments: ~10 tons of excavated sediment was screen-washed

Furio et al described taxonomically lumped 'insectivores' (Eulipotyphla; Mammalia) from the site

Rodents and Lagomorphs are gathered from Casanovas-Vilar et al 2010 (ER 3908)

Metadata
Sample number: 4297

Contributor: Jack Nesbitt

Enterer: Jack Nesbitt

Created: 2023-06-13 10:37:00

Modified: 2023-09-11 10:54:06

Abundance distribution
17 species
1 singleton
total count 421
geometric series index: 20.3
Fisher's α: 3.554
geometric series k: 0.7391
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8486
Shannon's H: 2.2487
Good's u: 0.9976
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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