Forsthart
Basic information
Sample name: Forsthart

Reference: R. Ziegler and V. Fahlbusch. 1986. Kleinsåuger-Faunen aus der basalen Oberen Süsswasser-Molasse Niederbayerns. Zitteliana 14:3-58 [ER 2423]
Geography
Country: Germany


Coordinate: 48° 38' N, 13° 2' E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Early Miocene

Zone: MN4b

Age basis: zone

Geography comments: "1 ikm WNW Kirche Forsthart, 12 km W Vilshofen" (coordinate based on Forsthart)

Environment
Substrate: ground surface

Lithology: marl

Habitat comments: "sandige, glimmerreiche, stark kalkhaltige Mergel mit gleichmåssiger Schichtung, mit vereinzelten gut gerundeten Quarzen bis 4 mm Durchmesser. Farbe hellgrau bis graublau... An der Basis der Grube birgt ein 50 cm breiter Horizont eine reiche Gastropodenfauna und verhåltnismåssig viele Vertebratenreste"

Methods
Life forms: rodents,other small mammals

Sampling methods: screenwash

Sample size: 885 specimens

Years: 1974, 1984

Sampling comments: "ca. 6 000 kg" was collected by F. Pfeil (year unclear) and "1974 ca. 500 kg; 1984: ca. 13 000 kg" by the Münchener Institut
Rhinolophidae indet. is also present

Metadata
Sample number: 2642

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2017-02-24 15:35:55

Modified: 2023-09-11 10:31:14

Abundance distribution
33 species
1 singleton
total count 885
geometric series index: 39.0
Fisher's α: 6.759
geometric series k: 0.8502
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9204
Shannon's H: 2.9191
Good's u: 0.9989
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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