Vallparadís Estació layer EVT7
Basic information
Sample name: Vallparadís Estació layer EVT7

Reference: I. Lozano-Fernández, J. M. López-García, J. Aurell-Garrido, D. M. Alba, and J. Madurell-Malapeira. 2015. Data review on the small mammals from the late Early Pleistocene of Vallparadís Estació layer EVT7 (Vallès-Penedès Basin, NE Iberian Peninsula): Biochronological and palaeoenvironmental implications. Quaternary International 389:159-166 [ER 2374]
Geography
Country: Spain


Coordinate: 41° 34' N, 2° 1' E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Middle Pleistocene

Ma: 0.9

Geography comments: coordinate based on Estació de Vallparadí­s Universitat
"the age of EVT is very close to 0.9 Ma"

Environment
Substrate: ground surface

Lithology: mudstone

Habitat comments: "a 14 m-thick succession mainly composed of conglomerates and mudstones" with the fossils from "a 3 m-thick, mud-supported, greenish bed generated by high-density flows (debris-flows and mud-flows)"

Methods
Life forms: rodents,other small mammals

Sampling methods: screenwash

Sample size: 129 specimens

Years: 2005 - 2008

Sampling comments: "sediments from each differentiated level were screen-washed... with mesh sizes of 5 mm, 2 mm and 0.5 mm"

Metadata
Sample number: 2553

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Modifier no: John Alroy

Created: 2017-02-15 14:37:11

Modified: 2024-11-03 00:16:26

Abundance distribution
9 species
1 singleton
total count 129
geometric series index: 12.0
Fisher's α: 2.202
geometric series k: 0.6214
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7637
Shannon's H: 1.6998
Good's u: 0.9924
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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