Béon 2
Basic information
Sample name: Béon 2

Reference: C. Bulot, P.-O. Antoine, and F. Duranthon. 2009. Rongeurs et lagomorphes du Miocène inférieur de Béon 2 (MN4, Montréal-du-Gers, SW France). Annales de Paléontologie 95:197-215 [ER 2340]
Geography
Country: France


Coordinate: 43° 57' N, 0° 12' E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Early Miocene

Zone: MN4

Geography comments: about 5 km SE of Montréal-du-Gers (basis of coordinate)
MN 4

Environment
Substrate: ground surface

Lithology: claystone

Methods
Life forms: rodents,other small mammals

Sampling methods: screenwash

Sample size: 117 specimens

Sampling comments: "récolté par lavage-tamisage de 400 kg d'argiles marneuses, prélevées en juillet 2002 et juillet 2003 sur la berge nord du lac de retenue, au-dessus du conglomérat calcaire á macro-mammifères"
numerous additional Prolagus specimens could not be identified to species level

Metadata
Sample number: 2501

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2017-02-12 21:18:22

Modified: 2023-09-08 11:49:22

Abundance distribution
10 species
0 singletons
total count 117
geometric series index: 11.9
Fisher's α: 2.616
geometric series k: 0.7459
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8474
Shannon's H: 2.0496
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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