Hambach 6C
Basic information
Sample name: Hambach 6C
Reference: A. Cenansky, Z. Szyndlar, and T. Mörs. 2017. Fossil squamate faunas from the Neogene of Hambach (northwestern Germany). Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 97:329-354 [ER 4031]
Geography
Country: Germany
State: Rhineland-Palatinate
Coordinate: 50.89° N, 6.44° E
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark
Formation: Ville
Time interval: Middle Miocene
Zone: MN5
Geography comments: "The Hambach open pit mine, approximately 35 km west of Cologne"
said to be "MN 5 , 16.015.2 Ma; see Mörs et al. 2000" but this is an older age range for MN5
said to be "MN 5 , 16.015.2 Ma; see Mörs et al. 2000" but this is an older age range for MN5
Environment
Lithology: lignite
Taphonomic context: fissure fill
Habitat comments: "It is situated in lignite-rich, relatively continuous Neogene deposits of the Lower Rhine Basin: a graben structure filled with debris from the rising Rhenish Massif following the Oligocene. The lignite seams interfinger with marine (beach) sands of the transgressing North Sea and with floodplain and fluvial sediments"
Methods
Life forms: lizards, snakes
Sampling methods: screenwash
Sample size: 246 specimens
Sampled by: Fritz von der Hocht, Bertram Wutzler, Thomas Mörs
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "The material described herein was collected by two former Rheinbraun employees, Fritz von der Hocht and Bertram Wutzler, and co-author (TM) while screen-washing bulk samples"
Metadata
Sample no: 4446
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: Nicholas Vine
Modifier no: John Alroy
Created: 2024-11-11 00:40:20
Modified: 2024-11-15 11:41:24
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
26 species
6 singletons
total count 246
geometric series index: 45.4
Fisher's α: 7.342
geometric series k: 0.8507
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8725
Shannon's H: 2.4561
Good's u: 0.9758
Register
| †Chamaeleo aff. andrusovi | 1 | |
| Chamaeleonidae "tooth morphotype 1" | 2 | |
| ?Chamaeleonidae | ||
| Chamaeleonidae "tooth morphotype 2" | 1 | |
| ?Chamaeleonidae | ||
| Lacertidae indet. 1 | 3 | |
| Lacertidae indet. 2 | 2 | |
| †Pseudopus cf. ahnikoviensis | 2 | |
| Pseudopus sp. 1 | 1 | |
| Anguidae indet. 1 | 21 | |
| †Pseudopus cf. pannonicus | 4 | |
| Pseudopus sp. 2 | 25 | |
| Anguidae indet. 2 | 2 | |
| Eoanilius sp. | 5 | |
| Bavarioboa sp. | 5 | |
| Tropidophiidae cf. "Falseryx sp." | 1 | |
| Coluber sp. | 42 | |
| "Coluber" | ||
| Texasophis sp. | 2 | |
| Telescopus sp. | 1 | |
| Colubrinae indet. 1 | 57 | |
| "Colubrinae" | ||
| Colubrinae indet. 2 | 1 | |
| "Colubrinae" | ||
| Natrix sp. 1 | 2 | |
| Natricinae indet. | 9 | |
| "Natricinae" | ||
| Natrix sp. 2 | 4 | |
| Elapidae cf. "Naja sp." | 6 | |
| Vipera sp. | 8 | |
| "Oriental Vipers" | ||
| Vipera sp. | 3 | |
| "aspis complex" | ||
| Colubroidea indet. | 36 | |