Haltang (HY1203 locality)
Basic information
Sample name: Haltang (HY1203 locality)

Sample aka: Hongyazi

Reference: Q. Li, X. Wang, G. Xie, and A. Yin. 2013. Oligocene-Miocene mammalian fossils from Hongyazi Basin and its bearing on tectonics of Danghe Nanshan in northern Tibetan Plateau. PLoS ONE 8(e82816):1-9 [ER 4082]
Geography
Country: China

State: Gansu



Coordinate: 38° 44' N, 95° 45' E
Coordinate basis: estimated from map

Time interval: Early Oligocene

Geography comments: "The Hongyazi Basin is at the southern foothills of the Danghe Nanshan"
coordinate estimated from the map in Fig. 2
the stratigraphic unit is apparently unnamed and not the same as the Baiyanghe Formation, contra earlier literature
tentatively assigned to the "early Oligocene"

Environment
Lithology: mudstone

Taphonomic context: paleosol

Habitat comments: a "bright red" mudstone with "abundant carbonate nodules and gypsum crystals embedded in a paleosol"

Methods
Life forms: rodents,other small mammals

Sample size: 33 specimens

Sampling comments: collecting times and methods are not discussed

Metadata
Sample number: 4509

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2024-11-21 08:42:53

Modified: 2024-11-21 08:42:53

Abundance distribution
8 species
3 singletons
total count 33
geometric series index: 16.1
Fisher's α: 3.359
geometric series k: 0.7012
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7794
Shannon's H: 1.7554
Good's u: 0.9091
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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