Udabno 24
Basic information
Sample name: Udabno 24

Reference: J. Agustí, P. Piñero, M. Furió, H.-A. Blain, A. Blanco-Lapaz, O. Oms, G. Chochisvili, and D. Lordkipanidze. 2019. Small vertebrates from the upper Miocene hominoid-bearing site of Udabno, Georgia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 39(5):1-12 [ER 3916]
Geography
Country: Georgia

State: Kakheti


Coordinate: 41.456707° N, 45.380009° E
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Formation: Eldari Formation

Time interval: Late Miocene

Zone: MN11

Max Ma: 8.7

Min Ma: 7.75

Age basis: zone

Geography comments: The Udabno locality is situated "between the David Gareji monastery complex and the foothill of the Dodo Mountain" south of the village of Udabno, Georgia

Udabno 24 is a layer in the upper section of the Eldari Formation roughly 40 meters above Udabno 2

Environment
Lithology: claystone

Taphonomic context: lake deposit

Habitat comments: The Eldari Formation is composed of "red clay with layers of sandstone"

Udabno 24 was "likely a fresh water pond within the Eldari Formation" This differs from the other largely fluvial sites within the formation

Methods
Life forms: rodents,other small mammals,lizards,snakes,frogs,fishes

Sampling methods: screenwash

Sample size: 36 specimens

Years: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

Sampling comments: Sediment was screened using 4, 1, and 0.5 mm meshes

Metadata
Sample number: 4317

Contributor: Jack Nesbitt

Enterer: Jack Nesbitt

Created: 2023-06-28 11:37:47

Modified: 2023-06-28 01:37:47

Abundance distribution
10 species
3 singletons
total count 36
geometric series index: 21.1
Fisher's α: 4.586
geometric series k: 0.7587
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8079
Shannon's H: 1.9462
Good's u: 0.9212
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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