Cantera Talavera
Basic information
Sample name: Cantera Talavera

Reference: C. Sesé and J. C. Jiménez-Rodrigo. 2002. Primeros datos paleontologicos del sector occidental de la Cuenca de Madrid: nuevos yacimientos de microvertebrados del Oligocene en Talavera de la Reina (Prov. Toledo). Estudios Geológicos 58:27-43 [ER 2404]
Geography
Country: Spain


Coordinate: 39° 55' 28" N, 4° 50' 5" W
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Time interval: Late Oligocene

Zone: MP26/27

Ma: 25.5

Geography comments: "a una cota de 382 metros, dentro del término municipal de Talavera de la Reina"
"entre las unidades MP 26 Y MP 27 que se corresponden respectivamente con las unidades U (con lssiodoromys pauffiensis) y V (con lssiodoromys quercyi) de la subdivisión del Oligoceno segùn Alvarez Sierra et al. (1987)" (i.e., roughly 25.5 Ma based on the time scale of Walliser et al. 2016)

Environment
Substrate: ground surface

Lithology: claystone

Habitat comments: "una arcilla arenosa con una potencia de 2 m y buena continuidad lateral, bioturbación por raĆ­ces, pequeños nódulos de manganeso y carbonatos escasos"

Methods
Life forms: rodents

Sampling methods: screenwash

Sample size: 40 specimens

Sampling comments: "se han lavado 608 kg de arcillas"

Metadata
Sample number: 2610

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2017-02-18 21:17:32

Modified: 2023-09-08 12:24:26

Abundance distribution
2 species
1 singleton
total count 40
geometric series index: 4.1
Fisher's α: NULL
geometric series k: 0.0256
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.0244
Shannon's H: 0.1169
Good's u: 0.9750
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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