Markt Rettenbach
Basic information
Sample name: Markt Rettenbach
Reference: P. Kampouridis, J. Hartung, and M. Böhme. 2022. Large mammals from the late Middle Miocene of Markt Rettenbach
(Bavaria, Germany). N. Jb. Geol. Paläont. Abh 304(3):299-312 [ER 4165]
Geography
Country: Germany
State: Bavaria
Coordinate: 47° 56' 40" N, 10° 22' 56" E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Scale: quarry
Formation: Upper Freshwater Molasse
Time interval: Middle Miocene
Zone: MN9
Ma: 12.06
Geography comments: Fossils collected from a former brickyard; Part of the Molasse basin
Environment
Lithology: marl
Habitat comments: From a claypit, but further description of the sediments and lithology are described by Schafer & Berlinger (1954); described as sandy marls and clays.
Methods
Life forms: ungulates,other large mammals
Sample size: 8 specimens
Museum: Kempten-Museum
Sampling comments: Original material comes from the Kempten-Museum but casts were made and kept at the Geologisch-Paläontologisches Institut of the University of Tübingen (GPIT)
Metadata
Sample number: 4624
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: Harrison Wu
Created: 2024-12-25 20:22:53
Modified: 2024-12-25 20:22:53
Abundance distribution
5 species
3 singletons
total count 8
geometric series index: 21.4
Fisher's α: 5.705
geometric series k: 0.7598
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7143
Shannon's H: 1.4942
Good's u: 0.6576
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Register
| Proboscidea indet. | 1 | |
| Hoploaceratherium sp. | 3 | |
| cf. Hoploaceratherium sp. | ||
| †Listriodon splendens | 2 | |
| Ruminantia indet. | 1 | |
| Pecora indet. | 1 | |