Caló den Rafelino
Basic information
Sample name: Caló den Rafelino
Sample aka: CdR
Reference: P. Bover, J. Rofes, S. Bailon, J. AgustÃ, G. Cuenca-Bescós, E. Torres, and J. A. Alcover. 2014. Late Miocene/Early Pliocene vertebrate fauna from Mallorca (Balearic Islands, Western Mediterranean): an update. Integrative Zoology 9:183-196 [ER 3918]
Geography
Country: Spain
State: Balearic Islands
Coordinate: 39.556866° N, 3.369305° E
Coordinate basis: estimated from map
Time interval: Early Pliocene
Max Ma: 7.2
Min Ma: 3.6
Age basis: other
Geography comments: The CdR locality is situated on the eastern coast of Mallorca on the cliffs at the edge of the Caló den Rafelino
Faunal comparisons indicate an Early Pliocene chronology but "a Messinian chronology cannot be completely discarded
Faunal comparisons indicate an Early Pliocene chronology but "a Messinian chronology cannot be completely discarded
Environment
Lithology: breccia
Taphonomic context: cave
Habitat comments: "Red silt of karstic origin which are the floor sediment of a collapsed cave in the Upper Miocene limestone of the so-called Reef Complex"
"The bones obtained from this breccia were mainly broken, worn and eroded"
"The bones obtained from this breccia were mainly broken, worn and eroded"
Methods
Life forms: rodents,ungulates,other small mammals,birds,lizards,snakes,turtles
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 290 specimens
Sampling comments: Several fish teeth were recovered from CdR, as well as a single bird bone
Counts excluded:
Vipera sp. - 2
Counts excluded:
Vipera sp. - 2
Metadata
Sample number: 4319
Contributor: Jack Nesbitt
Enterer: Jack Nesbitt
Created: 2023-06-29 13:15:41
Modified: 2023-06-29 03:44:07
Abundance distribution
12 species
4 singletons
total count 290
extrapolated richness: 22.3
Fisher's α: 2.525
geometric series k: 0.6178
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.4988
Shannon's H: 1.1470
Good's u: 0.9863
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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Register
| Aves indet. | 1 | |
| Testudinidae indet. | 2 | |
| "Chelonii" | ||
| Maioricalacerta rafelinensis | 5 | |
| Dopasia sp. | 1 | |
| Colubrinae indet. | 5 | |
| Vipera natiensis | 1 | |
| questionably assigned | ||
| Nesiotites rafelinensis | 1 | |
| Tragomys macpheei | 36 | |
| Cricetinae indet. | 200 | |
| Hypnomys sp. | 2 | |
| Hypolagus balearicus | 17 | |
| Myotragus palomboi | 19 | |
Current reference:
Buss and Smith 1966 (ER 2040)