La Paillade
Basic information
Sample name: La Paillade

Reference: J.-P. Aguilar. 1974. Les rongeurs du Miocène inférieur en Bas-Languedoc et les corrélations entre échelles stratigraphiques marine et continentale. Geobios 7(4):345-398 [ER 2383]
Geography
Country: France


Coordinate: 43° 38' N, 3° 49' E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Early Miocene

Zone: MN2

Geography comments: coordinate based on Mosson, which includes La Paillade
Aquitanian, younger than Paulhiac and older than Laugnac
possibly MN 2a sensu Hugueney and Ringeade (1989)

Environment
Substrate: ground surface

Lithology: marl

Habitat comments: the micromammals are from unit 3 ("Marnes blanches á débris de coquilles") and 4 ("Marnes noires et verdãtres á... débris de coquilles") in the local section (Capetta 1970)

Methods
Life forms: rodents

Sampling methods: screenwash

Sample size: 190 specimens

Sampling comments: collecting methods were "le lavage-tamisage et l'attaque á l'acide acétique dilué" according to Capetta (1970)
Plesiosminthus myarion and Steneofiber viciacensis are listed in a table but not described or actually discussed anywhere
additional taxa are not discussed

Metadata
Sample number: 2563

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Modifier no: John Alroy

Created: 2017-02-16 17:58:30

Modified: 2024-11-10 20:42:47

Abundance distribution
7 species
1 singleton
total count 190
geometric series index: 9.3
Fisher's α: 1.429
geometric series k: 0.4707
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6454
Shannon's H: 1.2738
Good's u: 0.9947
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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