Hoye Canyon (LACM 6994)
Basic information
Sample name: Hoye Canyon (LACM 6994)
Reference: T. S. Kelly. 2000. A new Hemphillian (late Miocene) mammalian fauna from Hoye Canyon, west central Nevada. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 481:1-21 [ER 4173]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Nevada
County: Douglas
Coordinate: 38.73° N, -119.41° W
Coordinate basis: estimated from map
Time interval: Late Miocene
Zone: Hemphillian
Section: Hoye Canyon
Unit number: 2
Unit order: below to above
Ma: 7
Age basis: AEO
Geography comments: "along the western flanks of the Wellington Hills from the vicinity of Hoye Canyon in the north to Risue Canyon in the south" (coordinate estimated from the map in Fig. 1 and Google Maps)
"from an unnamed formation"
"about 30 m stratigraphically higher in the section than LACM 6993"
"from an unnamed formation"
"about 30 m stratigraphically higher in the section than LACM 6993"
Environment
Lithology: siliciclastic (mixed)
Habitat comments: "near the top of a 3.9-m-thick bentonitic clay and mudstone bed"
Methods
Life forms: ungulates
Sample size: 5 specimens
Museum: LACM
Sampling comments: there was "Quarrying at LACM 6993" but not at this site
Metadata
Sample number: 4634
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2025-01-03 23:12:40
Modified: 2025-01-03 23:12:40
Abundance distribution
3 species
1 singleton
total count 5
geometric series index: 9.0
Fisher's α: 3.167
geometric series k: 0.7071
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5500
Shannon's H: 1.0549
Good's u: 0.9000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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