The Ecological Register: Gorafe-A

Gorafe-A

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Basic information

Sample name: Gorafe-A

Reference: A. Ruiz Bustos, C. Sesé, C. Dabrio, J. A. Peña, and J. Padial. 1984. Geologia y fauna de micromamiferos del nuevo yacimiento del Pliocene inferior de Gorafe-A (depresion de Guadix-Baza, Granada). Estudios Geológicos 40:231-241 [ER 2409]

Geography

Country: Spain

State: Granada

Coordinate: 37° 29' N, 3° 2' W

Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Early Pliocene

Zone: MN14/15

Geography comments: shown on a map as about 1 km ESE of Baños de Alicun, which is several km NW of Gorafe (basis of coordinate)
"Pliocene inferior" and either MN14 or MN15

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Environment

Substrate: ground surface

Lithology: claystone

Habitat comments: unit also includes "calizas blancas" and "localmente, lignitos" but fossils are apparently from lacustrine "arcillas contienen restos de gasterópodos (Rumina), dientes de peces y ostrâcodos lacustres"

Methods

Life forms: rodents,other small mammals

Sampling methods: screenwash

Sample size: 75 specimens

Sampling comments: an indeterminate carnivore and an indeterminate cervid are listed but not described
"Los restos fósiles... provienen del levigado de aproximadamente 250 kgs"

Metadata

Sample number: 2621

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2017-02-19 14:01:59

Modified: 2023-09-08 12:35:53

Abundance distribution

8 species

1 singleton

total count 75

extrapolated richness: 10.6

Fisher's α: 2.267

geometric series k: 0.6671

Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8258

Shannon's H: 1.8577

Good's u: 0.9867

Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.

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Current reference: Sainz-Borgo 2016 (ER 2762)