Ferris Formation (UW locality V-91031)
Basic information
Sample name: Ferris Formation (UW locality V-91031)
Reference: J. J. Eberle and J. A. Lillegraven. 1998. A new important record of earliest Cenozoic mammalian history: geologic setting, Multituberculata, and Peradectia. Rocky Mountain Geology 33(1):3-47 [ER 4135]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Wyoming
County: Carbon
Coordinate: 41.94° N, -106.88° W
Coordinate basis: estimated from map
Formation: Ferris
Time interval: Early Palaeocene
Zone: Puercan
Section: Ferris
Unit number: 2
Unit order: below to above
Geography comments: near the north-central edge of sec. 28, T. 23 N., R. 84 W.
said to be in the basal Pu2 zone
said to be in the basal Pu2 zone
Environment
Lithology: sandstone
Habitat comments: shown in Fig. 2 as coming from a sandstone bed
Methods
Life forms: ungulates,other small mammals
Sampling methods: quarry,surface
Sample size: 27 specimens
Years: 1991
Museum: University of Wyoming
Sampling comments: presumably discovered in 1991
"a fossiliferous anthill perched atop a quarry site"
counts are based on two companion papers by Eberle and Lillegraven (1998), ER refs 4135 and 4136
"a fossiliferous anthill perched atop a quarry site"
counts are based on two companion papers by Eberle and Lillegraven (1998), ER refs 4135 and 4136
Metadata
Sample number: 4587
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Modifier no: John Alroy
Created: 2024-12-09 04:13:14
Modified: 2024-12-09 04:24:41
Abundance distribution
14 species
7 singletons
total count 27
geometric series index: 47.0
Fisher's α: 11.708
geometric series k: 0.8712
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8903
Shannon's H: 2.4482
Good's u: 0.7517
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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