Cloister
Basic information
Sample name: Cloister

Reference: M. T. Antunes and P. Mein. 2012. A new lower Miocene small mammals site at the cloister of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences and mammalian immigration into westernmost Europe. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España 25(3-4):209-217 [ER 2441]
Geography
Country: Portugal


Coordinate: 38° 43' N, 9° 9' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Early Miocene

Zone: MN2

Geography comments: "at the Cloister of the former" Convento de Jesus monastery now on owned by the Academia das Ciências de Lisboa (coordinate based on the Academia das Ciências de Lisboa)
zone MN2b

Environment
Substrate: ground surface

Lithology: claystone

Habitat comments: "green, expansive clays"

Methods
Life forms: rodents,ungulates,other small mammals

Sampling methods: screenwash

Sample size: 15 specimens

Years: 2010

Sampling comments: "About 175 kg of clays were washed, sieved and tried"
fishes and a crocodilian are present but not described

Metadata
Sample number: 2687

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Modifier no: John Alroy

Created: 2017-03-11 17:51:34

Modified: 2024-11-10 20:49:27

Abundance distribution
5 species
2 singletons
total count 15
geometric series index: 11.9
Fisher's α: 2.626
geometric series k: 0.6148
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6619
Shannon's H: 1.3379
Good's u: 0.8756
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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