Alcoy-Mina
Basic information
Sample name: Alcoy-Mina
Reference: P. Montoya, L. Ginsburg, M. T. Alberdi, J. Van der Made, J. Morales, and M. D. Soria. 2006. Fossil large mammals from the early Pliocene locality of Alcoy (Spain) and their importance in biostratigraphy. Geodiversitas 28(1):137-173 [ER 4005]
Geography
Country: Spain
State: Alicante
Coordinate: 38.74° N, -0.46° W
Coordinate basis: estimated from map
Time interval: Early Pliocene
Zone: MN14
Geography comments: from "an old lignite mine" that is "in the area of the El Gormaget ravine" and shown in Fig. 1 as within 1 km of the northern edge of Alcoy
MN14, although there is some "possibility" that it is MN13 based on the late occurrence of Tragoportax and Dihoplus schleiermacheri
MN14, although there is some "possibility" that it is MN13 based on the late occurrence of Tragoportax and Dihoplus schleiermacheri
Environment
Lithology: lignite
Taphonomic context: fluvial deposit
Habitat comments: from "alluvial facies... composted of reddish conglomerates interbedded with grey marls, which contain carbonate beds and lenticular lignite beds. It is in those marly lignitic beds" where the fossils are found
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,ungulates
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 92 specimens
Years: 1841 - 1862, 1917
Sampling comments: the original account was by Gervais (1853) with many later studies
"the coal beds" were "exploited industrially from 1841 till 1862; later, in 1917, new galleries were open" and "fossils obtained during this lapse of time" were reposited in five institutions: MNHN (Paris), MGM (Madrid), MNCN (Madrid), MCNV (Valencia)l and MAA (Alcoy)
all of this material is listed in the paper
"the coal beds" were "exploited industrially from 1841 till 1862; later, in 1917, new galleries were open" and "fossils obtained during this lapse of time" were reposited in five institutions: MNHN (Paris), MGM (Madrid), MNCN (Madrid), MCNV (Valencia)l and MAA (Alcoy)
all of this material is listed in the paper
Metadata
Sample number: 4418
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2024-11-02 08:44:13
Modified: 2024-11-02 08:44:13
Abundance distribution
8 species
1 singleton
total count 92
geometric series index: 10.7
Fisher's α: 2.105
geometric series k: 0.6390
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8127
Shannon's H: 1.8075
Good's u: 0.9894
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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Register
| †Agriotherium insigne | 1 | |
| lost specimen of Gervais | ||
| †Ursus boeckhi | 2 | |
| †Sus arvernensis | 22 | |
| †Alephis boodon | 23 | |
| Tragoportax sp. | 8 | |
| †Proboscidipparion crassum | 18 | |
| †Dihoplus schleiermacheri | 9 | |
| †Anancus arvernensis | 9 | |