Olba
Basic information
Sample name: Olba

Reference: S. Sen, F. Fack, G. Metais, and E. Moissenet. 2015. A late Miocene mammalian fauna from Olba in the Sarrion Depression, eastern Spain. Palåontologische Zeitschrift 89:545-562 [ER 3915]
Geography
Country: Spain

State: Teruel


Coordinate: 40.117222° N, -0.696667° W
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Formation: Sarrion Depression

Time interval: Late Miocene

Zone: MN11/12

Max Ma: 8.7

Min Ma: 7

Age basis: zone

Geography comments: The Olba locality is situated in the Sarrion Depression on the road between the towns of Olba and La Escaleruela, eastern Spain

The Olba fauna can be dated to "early-middle Turolian", Late Miocene, based on faunal similarities with sites of Crevillente 2 and Los Mansuetos (reference localities of MN11 and MN12 respectively)

Environment
Lithology: mudstone

Taphonomic context: fluvial deposit

Habitat comments: "The Olba vertebrate locality is situated near the base of this unit in red-gray mudstones"

"The Lower unit is made up of red mudstone and conglomerates of alluvial origin and lacustrine travertines"

No summary taphonomic information is provided

Methods
Life forms: rodents,ungulates,other small mammals

Sample size: 57 specimens

Sampled by: E. Moissenet

Sampling comments: No precise methods of collection are given

Metadata
Sample number: 4316

Contributor: Jack Nesbitt

Enterer: Jack Nesbitt

Created: 2023-06-28 10:47:24

Modified: 2023-06-28 00:47:24

Abundance distribution
8 species
4 singletons
total count 57
geometric series index: 19.0
Fisher's α: 2.534
geometric series k: 0.6314
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6670
Shannon's H: 1.3811
Good's u: 0.9298
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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