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

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"

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
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Stephanomys sp.4
"Stephanomys aff. medius" (a nomen nudum, see Minwer-Barakt et al. 2015)
Apodemus gorafensis14
new
Paraethomys cf. meini17
Occitanomys cf. brailloni3
Apocricetus barrierei14
"Cricetus barrieri"
Ruscinomys lasallei1
Trilophomys vandeweerdi8
Prolagus cf. michauxi14