Dingshanyanchi (XJ 200613)
Basic information
Sample name: Dingshanyanchi (XJ 200613)

Reference: W.-Y. Wu, J. Meng, J. Ye, X.-J. Ni, S.-D. Bi, and Y.-P. Wei. 2009. The Miocene mammals from the Dinshanyanchi Formation of north Junggar Basin, Xinjiang. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 47(3):208-233 [ER 4067]
Geography
Country: China

State: Xinjiang



Coordinate: 46° 24' 34" N, 87° 28' 32" E
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Scale: quarry

Formation: Dingshanyanchi

Time interval: Middle Miocene

Zone: MN6

Section: Dingshanyanchi

Unit number: 2

Unit order: below to above

Geography comments: "in the southern area of the Ulungur River, northern Junggur Basin, Xinjiang"
"2.3 m above the base of the formation"
exact coordinate 46º 24.572' N, 87º 28.541' W
"middle Tunggurian" or "middle Middle Miocene" (roughly 14 Ma or MN5/6)
Tao 2007 places the Tunggurian in the range of MN6 to MN8, so an age of MN6 seems clear

Environment
Lithology: siltstone

Habitat comments: "The Dingshanyanchi Formation is a set of reddish silts"

Methods
Life forms: rodents,ungulates,other small mammals

Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash

Sample size: 83 individuals

Years: 2006

Museum: IVPP

Sampling comments: "mammals were discovered" in 2006
1.5 "tons of matrix were collected and screenwashed"

Metadata
Sample number: 4487

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Modifier no: John Alroy

Created: 2024-11-17 02:15:39

Modified: 2024-11-17 02:24:22

Abundance distribution
19 species
1 singleton
total count 83
geometric series index: 30.4
Fisher's α: 7.706
geometric series k: 0.8517
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8870
Shannon's H: 2.5704
Good's u: 0.9895
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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