Tasad
Basic information
Sample name: Tasad

Reference: J. Hír, J. Kókay, and M. Venczel. 2001. Middle Miocene molluscs and microvertebrata from Tasad (Bihor County, Romania). Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae 3:161-172 [ER 3960]
Geography
Country: Romania


Coordinate: 46° 56' N, 22° 8' E
Coordinate basis: estimated from map

Time interval: Middle Miocene

Zone: MN7

Geography comments: near Tasad "in the Eastern side of the Valley Brusturilor not far from the well known protected Cave Tasad" (coordinate based on Tasad)
inferred to be "Early Sarmatian - MN 7"

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Environment
Lithology: claystone

Habitat comments: form a "60-cm green clay" representing a "brackish nearshore milieu"

Methods
Life forms: rodents,lizards,snakes

Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash

Sample size: 67 specimens

Years: 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003

Sampling comments: "About 800-kg clay was collected" and washed
an extensive mollusc fauna is listed but not counted out
Schizogalerix cf. pasalarensis is also present, but no count is given

Metadata
Sample number: 4369

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2023-09-08 20:03:25

Modified: 2023-09-08 10:08:01

Abundance distribution
15 species
3 singletons
total count 67
geometric series index: 27.1
Fisher's α: 6.005
geometric series k: 0.7969
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8302
Shannon's H: 2.2412
Good's u: 0.9570
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Register
Agamidae indet.6
Lacerta sp. 15
Lacerta sp. 23
Ophisaurus sp.24
Pseudopus sp.1
compared to
Scolecophidia indet.3
Colubridae indet.2
†Spermophilinus bredai2
†Muscardinus aff. sansaniensis2
Eliomys sp.1
†Democricetodon brevis4
†Megacricetodon cf. minor5
†Megacricetodon aff. germanicus1
questionably referred
†Eumyarion medius2
Cricetodon sp.6