Valbro (déblais)
Basic information
Sample name: Valbro (déblais)

Sample aka: VBO

Reference: S. Peigné, M. Vianey-Liaud, T. Pélissié, and B. Sigé. 2014. Valbro: un nouveau site á vertébrés de l'Oligocène inférieur (MP22) de France (Quercy). I - Contexte géologique; Mammalia: Rodentia, Hyaenodontida, Carnivora. Annales de Paléontologie 100:1-45 [ER 2377]
Geography
Country: France



Coordinate: 44° 21' N, 1° 40' E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Early Oligocene

Zone: MP22

Ma: 32

Geography comments: a Quercy deposit "sur le territoire de la commune de Bach" (coordinate based on Bach)
MP22 (i.e., very roughly 32 Ma)

Environment
Substrate: ground surface

Lithology: claystone

Habitat comments: "argiles rouges fossilifères" in karstic fissure fills

Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,other large mammals

Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash

Sample size: 151 specimens

Years: 2000, 2008, 2009, 2012

Sampling comments: numerous other taxa including bats, ungulates, etc. are listed without counts and not described
I have excluded indeterminate carnivorans from the register
separate counts are given for eight additional point collections, but the majority of material is from spoil piles ("déblais")

Metadata
Sample number: 2556

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2017-02-15 22:20:18

Modified: 2017-02-17 02:53:38

Abundance distribution
24 species
11 singletons
total count 151
geometric series index: 58.8
Fisher's α: 8.041
geometric series k: 0.8467
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8417
Shannon's H: 2.3223
Good's u: 0.9275
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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