Profen
Basic information
Sample name: Profen
Reference: C. Müller, T. Wappler, and L. Kunzmann. 2018. Insect herbivory patterns in late Eocene coastal lowland riparian associations from central Germany. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 491:170-184 [ER 4418]
Geography
Country: Germany
State: Sachsen-Anhalt
Coordinate: 56.68875° N, 30.125° E
Latlng basis: stated in text
Scale: quarry
Formation: Borna
Time interval: Middle Eocene
Zone: Bartonian
Ma: 37.71
Age basis: other
Geography comments: located in the "abandoned Süd excavation field" within the "opencast mine Profen"
from the Borna Formation of the Luckenau Clay Complex (LC)
"It is not sufficiently resolved if the LC should be placed whether into the regional Spore-Pollen-Paleogene (SPP) zone 17/18 (latest Bartonian) or into SPP zone 18 (early to middle Priabonian)" but the site is indicated to fall in the fully latest Bartonian Zeitz Member (Fig. 2), so a Bartonian-Priabonian boundary date is used and the age is entered as Bartonian
from the Borna Formation of the Luckenau Clay Complex (LC)
"It is not sufficiently resolved if the LC should be placed whether into the regional Spore-Pollen-Paleogene (SPP) zone 17/18 (latest Bartonian) or into SPP zone 18 (early to middle Priabonian)" but the site is indicated to fall in the fully latest Bartonian Zeitz Member (Fig. 2), so a Bartonian-Priabonian boundary date is used and the age is entered as Bartonian
Environment
Lithology: siliciclastic (mixed)
Taphonomic context: estuarine deposit
Habitat comments: fossils are from "kaolinitic clay strata" (Fig. 2) but are specifically "preserved in a light to dark brownish, silty to clayey matrix"
the environment is an "estuarine kaolin"
the environment is an "estuarine kaolin"
Methods
Life forms: leaves
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 1540 specimens
Years: 1999
Museum: Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "In September 1999 plant-bearing sediment blocks from the LC were excavated"
49 indeterminate monocot leaves are omitted
49 indeterminate monocot leaves are omitted
Metadata
Sample no: 4704
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Modifier no: John Alroy
Created: 2025-11-23 01:59:37
Modified: 2025-11-23 02:52:52
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
46 species
20 singletons
total count 1540
geometric series index: 101.1
Fisher's α: 8.92
geometric series k: 0.8627
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7138
Shannon's H: 1.9091
Good's u: 0.987
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