Les Cases de la Valenciana 1
Basic information
Sample name: Les Cases de la Valenciana 1
Sample aka: LV1
Reference: S. Jovells-Vaqué, I. García-Paredes, M. Furió, C. Angelone, L. W. van den Hoek Ostende, M. B. Barberá, D. DeMiguel, J. Madurell-Malapeira, and I. Casanovas-Vilar. 2018. Les Cases de la Valenciana, a new early Miocene small-mammal locality from the Vallès-Penedès Basin (Catalonia, Spain). Historical Biology 30(3):404-421 [ER 3929]
Geography
Country: Spain
State: Catalonia
County: Alt Penedès
Coordinate: 41.435364° N, 1.842926° E
Coordinate basis: estimated from map
Formation: Vallès-Penedès Basin
Time interval: Early Miocene
Zone: MN4
Section: LV1
Unit number: 1
Unit order: below to above
Age basis: zone
Geography comments: LV1 is situated to the east of the town of Sant Sadurni d'Anoia, Catalonia, northeast Spain
Coordinates are very roughly estimated from a map in the text
The composition of the cricetid fauna correlates the locality to MN4
Coordinates are very roughly estimated from a map in the text
The composition of the cricetid fauna correlates the locality to MN4
Environment
Lithology: marl
Taphonomic context: lake deposit
Habitat comments: LV1 corresponds to a marl layer interpreted to have formed in "a swampy environment"
Little specific taphonomic information is provided
Little specific taphonomic information is provided
Methods
Life forms: rodents,other small mammals
Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash
Sample size: 138 specimens
Years: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Sampling comments: No precise methodology is given
A rich macrovertebrate fauna (NISP >400) was found at LV1 but no taxonomy or counts are provided
A rich macrovertebrate fauna (NISP >400) was found at LV1 but no taxonomy or counts are provided
Metadata
Sample number: 4331
Contributor: Jack Nesbitt
Enterer: Jack Nesbitt
Created: 2023-07-13 12:38:01
Modified: 2023-07-13 02:38:01
Abundance distribution
15 species
1 singleton
total count 138
geometric series index: 20.0
Fisher's α: 4.281
geometric series k: 0.7862
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8723
Shannon's H: 2.3253
Good's u: 0.9929
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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