Bois Roche (layer 1a)
Basic information
Sample name: Bois Roche (layer 1a)
Reference: C. Sesé and P. Villa. 2008. Micromammals (rodents and insectivores) from the early Late Pleistocene cave site of Bois Roche (Charente, France): Systematics and paleoclimatology. Geobios 41:399-414 [ER 2367]
Geography
Country: France
Coordinate: 45° 42' N, 0° 20' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Late Pleistocene
Ma: 0.071
Geography comments: "near the city of Cognac" (coordinate based on Cognac)
"dated to late OIS 5 or early OIS 4 by preliminary ESR estimates" (i.e., roughly 71 kyr)
"dated to late OIS 5 or early OIS 4 by preliminary ESR estimates" (i.e., roughly 71 kyr)
Environment
Substrate: ground surface
Lithology: claystone
Habitat comments: "stony silty clay"
Methods
Life forms: rodents
Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash
Sample size: 35 specimens
Years: 1995, 1997-2000
Sampling comments: "Our excavations were done by 1-m grid system... All sediments were waters-creened with superimposed screens of 5 and 2 mm mesh"
Metadata
Sample number: 2540
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2017-02-15 09:32:30
Modified: 2017-02-14 22:32:30
Abundance distribution
4 species
1 singleton
total count 35
geometric series index: 6.3
Fisher's α: 1.164
geometric series k: 0.3748
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5672
Shannon's H: 1.0108
Good's u: 0.9714
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Register
| Apodemus sp. | 1 | |
| Stenocranius gregalis | 19 | |
| "Microtus gregalis" | ||
| Arvicola amphibius | 12 | |
| "Arvicola terrestris" | ||
| Dicrostonyx torquatus | 3 | 52.0 g |