Roglove
Basic information
Sample name: Roglove
Reference: M. E. Nelson and J. H. Madsen Jr. 1987. A new Clarendonian (late Miocene) fauna from eastern Nevada. University of Wyoming Contributions to Geology 25(1):23-28 [ER 4180]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Nevada
County: Elko
Coordinate: 40.73° N, -114.05° W
Coordinate basis: estimated from map
Scale: outcrop
Time interval: Middle Miocene
Zone: Clarendonian
Ma: 11.65
Age basis: AEO
Geography comments: from "several contiguous outcrops" that are "southwest of Wendover" (no further information given, but probably no farther west than West Wendover: coordinate estimated using Google Maps)
said to be Clarendonian
said to be Clarendonian
Environment
Lithology: siliciclastic (mixed)
Habitat comments: "poorly consolidated, tuffaceous siltstone and sandstone"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other small mammals
Sampling methods: screenwash
Sample size: 110 specimens
Years: 1977 - 1981
Museum: Fort Hays State University
Sampling comments: the fossils were "brought to the attention of Madsen in 1977 by Mr. Ward Glover and Mr. Roger Price of Salt Lake City... collecting trips were made... from 1978-1981. In 1981 Nelson and L. D. Vogler screened approximately one-half ton of sediment"
"All material" is in the Sternberg Memorial Museum of Fort Hays State University
"All material" is in the Sternberg Memorial Museum of Fort Hays State University
Metadata
Sample number: 4642
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2025-01-07 10:08:53
Modified: 2025-01-07 10:08:53
Abundance distribution
11 species
2 singletons
total count 110
geometric series index: 17.3
Fisher's α: 3.043
geometric series k: 0.6629
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6599
Shannon's H: 1.5994
Good's u: 0.9821
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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| †Hypolagus vetus | 8 | |
| †Epicyon saevus | 2 | |
| †Leptocyon vafer | 3 | |
| Aepycamelus sp. | 9 | |
| †Procamelus cf. grandis | 6 | |
| Camelidae indet. | 11 | |
| small: Michenia or Protolabis | ||
| Merycodus furcatus = †Cosoryx furcatus | 61 | |
| 58 enumerated specimens plus "isolated upper cheek teeth" listed under one catalog number | ||
| Equidae indet. | 6 | |
| †Teleoceras major | 2 | |
| "Teleoceras fossiger": compared to the Big Spring Canyon and Jack Swayze Quarry forms, which are both Teleoceras major | ||
| †Gomphotherium productum | 1 | |
| Rodentia indet. | 1 | |