Le Clot
Basic information
Sample name: Le Clot

Reference: B. Marandat, S. Adnet, L. Marivaux, A. Martinez, M. Vianey-Liaud, and R. Tabuce. 2012. A new mammalian fauna from the earliest Eocene (Ilerdian) of the Corbières (Southern France): palaeobiogeographical implications. Swiss Journal of Geosciences 105:417-434 [ER 3924]
Geography
Country: France

State: Occitania


Coordinate: 43.012192° N, 2.695092° E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Early Eocene

Zone: MP7

Age basis: zone

Geography comments: The specific location of the site is very poorly described, therefore coordinates are based upon the "Clot de Pecaut" ravine NW of Albas

The site has been correlated with the earliest Eocene (MP7)

Environment
Lithology: marl

Taphonomic context: lake deposit

Habitat comments: "grey/white marls" situated 300m above the first marine level of the Ilerdian

Paleoenvironmental/taphonomic information is poorly described. Possibly "Lagoonal and/or marine?

Methods
Life forms: rodents,other small mammals

Sampling methods: screenwash

Sample size: 58 specimens

Sampled by: A. Martinez

Sampling comments: ~600 kg of sediment was screenwashed

Precise methods are not described

Metadata
Sample number: 4325

Contributor: Jack Nesbitt

Enterer: Jack Nesbitt

Created: 2023-07-06 15:34:03

Modified: 2023-09-11 10:57:03

Abundance distribution
5 species
1 singleton
total count 58
geometric series index: 7.8
Fisher's α: 1.312
geometric series k: 0.3861
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.3721
Shannon's H: 0.8158
Good's u: 0.9828
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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