Gorafe-A
Basic information
Sample name: Gorafe-A
Reference: A. Ruiz Bustos, C. Sesé, C. Dabrio, J. A. Peña, and J. Padial. 1984. Geologia y fauna de micromamiferos del nuevo yacimiento del Pliocene inferior de Gorafe-A (depresion de Guadix-Baza, Granada). Estudios Geológicos 40:231-241 [ER 2409]
Geography
Country: Spain
State: Granada
Coordinate: 37° 29' N, 3° 2' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Early Pliocene
Zone: MN14/15
Geography comments: shown on a map as about 1 km ESE of Baños de Alicun, which is several km NW of Gorafe (basis of coordinate)
"Pliocene inferior" and either MN14 or MN15
"Pliocene inferior" and either MN14 or MN15
Environment
Substrate: ground surface
Lithology: claystone
Habitat comments: unit also includes "calizas blancas" and "localmente, lignitos" but fossils are apparently from lacustrine "arcillas contienen restos de gasterópodos (Rumina), dientes de peces y ostrâcodos lacustres"
Methods
Life forms: rodents,other small mammals
Sampling methods: screenwash
Sample size: 75 specimens
Sampling comments: an indeterminate carnivore and an indeterminate cervid are listed but not described
"Los restos fósiles... provienen del levigado de aproximadamente 250 kgs"
"Los restos fósiles... provienen del levigado de aproximadamente 250 kgs"
Metadata
Sample number: 2621
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2017-02-19 14:01:59
Modified: 2023-09-08 12:35:53
Abundance distribution
8 species
1 singleton
total count 75
geometric series index: 10.6
Fisher's α: 2.267
geometric series k: 0.6671
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8258
Shannon's H: 1.8577
Good's u: 0.9867
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Apodemus gorafensis | 14 | |
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Paraethomys cf. meini | 17 | |
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