Colomiers
Basic information
Sample name: Colomiers

Reference: F. Duranthon. 1993. Nouveaux gisements á rongeurs dans les molasses oligo-miocènes de la région toulousaine. Palaeovertebrata 22(2-3):113-136 [ER 2438]
Geography
Country: France


Coordinate: 43° 37' N, 1° 20' E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Early Miocene

Zone: MN2a

Age basis: zone

Geography comments: "á l'Est de la ville de Colomiers, á 12 kilomètres de Toulouse, au lieu-dit Garrabet... dans une vaste carrière" (coordinate based on Colomiers)

Environment
Substrate: ground surface

Lithology: sandstone

Habitat comments: "un banc sableux"

Methods
Life forms: rodents

Sampling methods: screenwash

Sample size: 215 specimens

Years: 1969

Sampling comments: "lavage d'une tonne de sable nous a livré environ 200 dents de micromammifères, quelques restes de macromammifères et de reptiles" (no further information is given regarding these other taxa)

Metadata
Sample number: 2683

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2017-03-06 17:19:19

Modified: 2023-09-11 10:37:14

Abundance distribution
10 species
3 singletons
total count 215
geometric series index: 17.2
Fisher's α: 2.171
geometric series k: 0.5690
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.4305
Shannon's H: 1.0266
Good's u: 0.9861
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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