Castelnou 1B
Basic information
Sample name: Castelnou 1B

Reference: J.-P. Aguilar, M. Calvet, and J. Michaux. 1991. Présence de Progonomys (Muridae, Rodentia, Mammalia) dans une association de rongeurs de la fin du Miocène moyen (Castelnou 1B; Pyrénées-Orientales, France). Geobios 24:503-508 [ER 2351]
Geography
Country: France



Coordinate: 42° 37' N, 2° 42' E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Middle Miocene

Zone: MN8

Ma: 12

Geography comments: coordinate based on Castelnou
"Aratgonien supérieur... relève des zones C5 (Aguilar 1982) ou MN 8 de Mein (1975)" (i.e., about 12 Ma)

Environment
Substrate: ground surface

Lithology: sandstone

Habitat comments: "bien lité avec des passées détritiques plus sableuses, de 2 á 3 centimètres d'épaisseur... d'origine karstique"

Methods
Life forms: rodents

Sample size: 131 specimens

Sampling comments: no discussion of collecting methods
small mammals other than rodents are not discussed

Metadata
Sample number: 2521

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2017-02-13 20:34:59

Modified: 2017-02-17 02:46:32

Abundance distribution
11 species
3 singletons
total count 131
geometric series index: 21.4
Fisher's α: 2.860
geometric series k: 0.6335
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.4445
Shannon's H: 1.0945
Good's u: 0.9774
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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