Herrlingen 8
Basic information
Sample name: Herrlingen 8

Reference: R. Ziegler. 1994. Rodentia (Mammalia) aus den oberoligozånen Spaltenfüllungen Herrlingen 8 und Herrlingen 9 be Ulm (Baden-Württemberg). Stuttgarter Beitråge zur Naturkunde. Serie B (Geologie und Palåontologie) 196:1-81 [ER 2425]
Geography
Country: Germany

State: Baden-Württemberg


Coordinate: 48° 25' N, 9° 54' E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Late Oligocene

Zone: MP28

Age basis: zone

Geography comments: "in der Mitte der vierten Abbausohle Reste der Füllung" of the "Herrlinger Wiessjura-Steinbruch, ca. 8 km W Ulm" (coordinate based on Herrlingen)

Environment
Substrate: ground surface

Lithology: limestone

Habitat comments: a large "Spalte. Der rote Spaltenkalk war zum Teil dicht gepackt mit Knochen und Zåhnen"

Methods
Life forms: rodents

Sampling methods: screenwash

Sample size: 1347 specimens

Years: 1991

Sampling comments: "ca. 200 kg Sediment" was processed
additional taxa other than a previously published Propalaeochoerus gergovianus (one tooth) are not discussed; other small mammals and probably ungulates are presumed to be present based on the composition of the other Herrlingen samples

Metadata
Sample number: 2652

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2017-02-25 09:45:38

Modified: 2023-09-11 10:33:54

Abundance distribution
14 species
0 singletons
total count 1347
geometric series index: 15.4
Fisher's α: 2.178
geometric series k: 0.6441
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7477
Shannon's H: 1.8186
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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