Gruta 1
Basic information
Sample name: Gruta 1

Sample aka: Quibas

Reference: P. Piñero, J. Agustí, H. Blain, M. Furío, and C. Laplana. 2015. Biochronological data for the Early Pleistocene site of Quibas (SE Spain) inferred from rodent assemblage. Geologica Acta 13(3):229-241 [ER 2371]
Geography
Country: Spain



Coordinate: 38° 18' 51" N, 1° 4' 42" W
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Time interval: Early Pleistocene

Ma: 1.3

Geography comments: "on the SE slope of the Sierra de Quibas, in an area called Collado del Rey, in an abandoned limestone quarry"
Gruta 1 is a "small karst grotto" within the Quibas cave complex
"Biharian... between ca. 1.2–1.4My" based on biochronology

Environment
Substrate: ground surface

Lithology: claystone

Habitat comments: "a detritic layer formed by limestone clasts which range between 10 and 20cm in size, and reddish silty clay matrix with carbonate crusts"

Methods
Life forms: rodents

Sampling methods: screenwash

Sample size: 204 specimens

Years: 2009

Sampling comments: "All the sediment was screen-washed using superimposed 4, 1 and 0.5mm mesh screens"
taxa other than rodents are not mentioned

Metadata
Sample number: 2549

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2017-02-15 13:28:00

Modified: 2017-02-15 02:28:00

Abundance distribution
4 species
0 singletons
total count 204
geometric series index: 4.4
Fisher's α: 0.705
geometric series k: 0.3008
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.4386
Shannon's H: 0.8225
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Allophaiomys sp.4
Apodemus sp.147
ex. gr. mystacinus-epimelas
Castillomys rivas16
Eliomys quercinus37