Sima del Elefante (TE18)
Basic information
Sample name: Sima del Elefante (TE18)
Reference: J. M. López-García, H.-A. Blain, R. de Marfá, A. García, J. Martinell, M. L. I. Bennásar, and G. Cuenca-Bescós. 2011. Small-mammals from the Middle Pleistocene layers of the Sima del Elefante (Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos, northwestern Spain). Geologica Acta 9(1):29-43 [ER 2368]
Geography
Country: Spain
Coordinate: 42° 22' 0" N, 3° 31' 20" W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Middle Pleistocene
Max Ma: 0.35
Min Ma: 0.15
Age basis: other
Geography comments: "Atapuerca... near the city of Burgos" (coordinate based on the Atapuerca archaeological site)
"The large-mammal association... is typical of the last third of the Middle Pleistocene (0.35 - 0.15 Ma)"
"The large-mammal association... is typical of the last third of the Middle Pleistocene (0.35 - 0.15 Ma)"
Environment
Substrate: ground surface
Lithology: conglomerate
Habitat comments: "infilled karstic cave site" with the fossils coming from "gravels and boulders with cross-lamination"
Methods
Life forms: bats,rodents,other small mammals
Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash
Sample size: 21 specimens
Years: 2001 - 2004
Sampling comments: "disarticulated bone fragments collected by water screening during the 2001 to 2004 excavation campaigns... All the sediment (approximately 2,000kg) was water-screened using superimposed 10, 5 and 0.5mm mesh screens" (figure applies to both layers combined)
Metadata
Sample number: 2546
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2017-02-15 11:46:34
Modified: 2023-04-13 11:46:20
Abundance distribution
7 species
3 singletons
total count 21
geometric series index: 16.9
Fisher's α: 3.677
geometric series k: 0.7230
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7690
Shannon's H: 1.6826
Good's u: 0.8618
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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Register
| Erinaceus sp. | 1 | |
| cf | ||
| Crocidura sp. | 2 | |
| Myotis sp. | 4 | |
| gr. myotis-oxygnathus | ||
| Miniopterus schreibersii | 1 | 12.4 g insectivore |
| Microtus agrestis | 1 | |
| †Iberomys brecciensis | 5 | |
| Oryctolagus sp. | 7 | |