Dummer''s Copse
Basic information
Sample name: Dummer''s Copse
Sample aka: DC 5iii
Reference: J. J. Hooker. 1996. Mammals from the Early (late Ypresian) to Middle (Lutetian) Eocene Bracklesham Group, southern England. Tertiary Research 16(1-4):141-174 [ER 4155]
Geography
Country: United Kingdom
County: Hampshire
Coordinate: 50° 56' 10" N, 1° 20' 38" E
Coordinate basis: estimated from map
Formation: Wittering
Time interval: Early Eocene
Zone: MP10
Geography comments: Located close to West End in South Hampton
States that this is dated to be around MP 10 based on the occurrence of Nannopithex zuccolae and Amphiperatherium maximum
"Moreover, typical members of the species Amphiperatherium maximum recorded at Dummer's Copse have their last occurrence in MP 10 (Godinot in Brunet et al., 1987) and the Dummer's Copse fauna contains no MP 11 indicators.
States that this is dated to be around MP 10 based on the occurrence of Nannopithex zuccolae and Amphiperatherium maximum
"Moreover, typical members of the species Amphiperatherium maximum recorded at Dummer's Copse have their last occurrence in MP 10 (Godinot in Brunet et al., 1987) and the Dummer's Copse fauna contains no MP 11 indicators.
Environment
Lithology: not described
Habitat comments: States that these were temporary exposures during construction.
"Dummer's Copse and Peel Common were temporary exposures during construction of a motorway and sewer respectively (Kemp, 1984; King & Kemp, 1982)"
"Dummer's Copse and Peel Common were temporary exposures during construction of a motorway and sewer respectively (Kemp, 1984; King & Kemp, 1982)"
Methods
Life forms: ungulates,other small mammals,primates,rodents,carnivores
Sample size: 10 specimens
Museum: Natural History Museum, London
Sampling comments: Probably collected during construction of the motorway and sewer
Metadata
Sample number: 4614
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: Harrison Wu
Created: 2024-12-17 16:51:25
Modified: 2024-12-17 16:51:25
Abundance distribution
7 species
4 singletons
total count 10
geometric series index: 32.7
Fisher's α: 10.363
geometric series k: 0.8909
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8222
Shannon's H: 1.8867
Good's u: 0.6571
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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