Merkur−North
Basic information
Sample name: Merkur−North
Reference: M. Ivanov. 2002. The oldest known Miocene snake fauna from Central Europe: Merkur-North locality, Czech Republic. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 47(3):513-534 [ER 4028]
Geography
Country: Czech Republic
State: Kadaň
Coordinate: 50.38° N, 13.33° E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Early Miocene
Zone: MN3
Geography comments: MN3a
Environment
Lithology: marl
Taphonomic context: fissure fill
Methods
Life forms: snakes
Sample size: 714 specimens
Sampled by: Mr. Z. Dvořák, Prof. O. Fejfar
Metadata
Sample number: 4444
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: Nicholas Vine
Modifier no: Nicholas Vine
Created: 2024-11-10 11:38:25
Modified: 2024-11-14 09:07:41
Abundance distribution
11 species
0 singletons
total count 714
geometric series index: 11.7
Fisher's α: 1.845
geometric series k: 0.6485
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8177
Shannon's H: 1.9500
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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Register
| Bavarioboa sp. | 14 | |
| †Coluber dolnicensis | 51 | |
| †Coluber suevicus | 22 | |
| †Coluber caspioides | 141 | |
| Colubridae cf. Elaphe sp. | 51 | |
| Colubrinae gen. et sp. indet. | 86 | |
| †Natrix sansaniensis | 26 | |
| †Natrix merkurensis | 228 | |
| sp. nov. | ||
| Natricinae gen. et sp. indet. | 83 | |
| Elapidae gen. et sp. indet. | 9 | |
| Vipera sp. | 3 | |
| Vipera aspis complex | ||