Casa Sgherri
Basic information
Sample name: Casa Sgherri

Reference: F. Marcolini, F. P. Bonadonna, T. Kotsakis, P. Mazza, and G. Zanchetta. 2000. Preliminary data on the micro- and macromammal remains from Casa Sgherri, Lower Valdarno (Tuscany, Italy). Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 39(2):243-252 [ER 4003]
Geography
Country: Italy


Coordinate: 43.76° N, 10.78° E
Coordinate basis: estimated from map

Time interval: Early Pleistocene

Max Ma: 2.1

Min Ma: 1.9

Age basis: zone

Geography comments: coordinate estimated from the map in Fig. 1
from the "unità di Massarella" unit
interpreted as 1.9 to 2.1 Ma and nominally "Late Pliocene" based on faunal content, but this is now Early Pleistocene

Environment
Lithology: siliciclastic (mixed)

Taphonomic context: fluvial deposit

Habitat comments: the unit "consists of fine silty sands and gravels and sometimes bears cross-bedded structures" and the fossily deposit is interpreted as a "filled-channel deposit"
the sands "provided only teeth and no postcranial elements"

Methods
Life forms: carnivores,primates,rodents,ungulates,other small mammals

Sample size: 45 specimens

Sampling comments: collection methods are not discussed
hyena coprolites are also present

Metadata
Sample number: 4417

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2024-11-01 10:28:23

Modified: 2024-11-01 10:28:23

Abundance distribution
15 species
8 singletons
total count 45
geometric series index: 49.9
Fisher's α: 7.879
geometric series k: 0.8326
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8126
Shannon's H: 2.1282
Good's u: 0.8262
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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