Gaojiashan
Basic information
Sample name: Gaojiashan

Sample aka: IVPP LX 0034

Reference: Y. Li, W. He, S. Chen, S. Wang, B. Sun, and Y. Li. 2017. Hipparion material from Gaojiashan locality in the Late Miocene of Linxia Basin, Gansu, China and associated mammalian fossil assemblage. Historical Biology 30(5):677-693 [ER 4084]
Geography
Country: China

State: Gansu

County: Hezheng

Coordinate: 35° 21' 21" N, 103° 19' 1" E
Latlng basis: stated in text

Scale: quarry

Time interval: Late Miocene

Zone: MN12

Geography comments: "Gaojiashan is administratively a part of Jinchanggou Hamlet, Xinzhuang Township (previously named Guantangou Township), Hezheng County"
said to be "early Baodean" and with "an age of about 7.25 Ma and a correlation with the base of the marine Messinian Stage" (= late MN12)
there is a field photo indicating that the site is a single quarry

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Environment
Lithology: not described

Habitat comments: "the locality is in highly vegetated cover"

Methods
Life forms: carnivores, ungulates

Sample size: 20 specimens

Museum: IVPP

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: there is no discussion of collecting times and methods
specimens are both in the IVPP and "housed at Hezheng Paleozoological Museum"
the IVPP collections are presumably thorough, but the Hezheng material appears to be high-graded because the specimens are mostly skulls

Metadata
Sample no: 4511

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2024-11-21 09:53:09

Modified: 2024-11-21 09:53:09

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
8 species
4 singletons
total count 20
geometric series index: 22.9
Fisher's α: 4.942
geometric series k: 0.7742
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7947
Shannon's H: 1.8217
Good's u: 0.8051
Register
Hipparion forstenae = †Cremohipparion forstenae (horse)6
†Hipparion hippidiodus (horse)2
†Adcrocuta eximia (hyena)1
†Chilotherium wimani (rhinoceros)1
†Shansirhinus ringstroemi (rhinoceros)1
†Eucladoceros cf. proboulei (deer)5
†Palaeotragus cf. coelophrys 3
Giraffidae indet.1
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