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

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

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

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

Metadata
Sample number: 4331

Contributor: Jack Nesbitt

Enterer: Jack Nesbitt

Modifier no: John Alroy

Created: 2023-07-13 12:38:01

Modified: 2024-12-10 05:19:52

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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