Canteras de Iberia
Basic information
Sample name: Canteras de Iberia

Reference: E. Sanz, C. Sesé, and J. P. Calvo. 1992. Primer hallazgo de micromamiferos de edad Turoliense en la Cuenca de Madrid. Estudios Geológicos 48:171-178 [ER 2406]
Geography
Country: Spain


Coordinate: 40° 52' 7" N, 3° 43' 10" W
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Time interval: Late Miocene

Zone: MN13

Ma: 5.4

Geography comments: "Turoliense superior, unidad MN 13" and therefore very close to the Mio-Pliocene boundary; assumed to be Miocene and roughly 5.4 Ma because most of the Turolian falls in that epoch

Environment
Substrate: ground surface

Lithology: marl

Habitat comments: "un nivel de 50 cm de margas fosilíferas incluido de una serie calcârea"

Methods
Life forms: rodents,other small mammals

Sampling methods: screenwash

Sample size: 71 specimens

Sampling comments: "identificados proceden del levigado de unos 50 kg de sedimento"

Metadata
Sample number: 2614

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2017-02-19 11:22:35

Modified: 2023-09-08 12:32:37

Abundance distribution
7 species
2 singletons
total count 71
geometric series index: 13.2
Fisher's α: 1.926
geometric series k: 0.5385
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5821
Shannon's H: 1.1779
Good's u: 0.9726
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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