Martorell
Basic information
Sample name: Martorell
Sample aka: Costa Blanca; Costablanca
Reference: M. Crusafont Pairó, A. Valenciano Horta, and E. Sanz Fuentes. 1968. Un nuevo yacimiento de Vertebrados en el Burdigaliense de Martorell (Provincia de Barcelona). Acta Geológica Hispánica 3(2):44-47q [ER 4035]
Geography
Country: Spain
State: Barcelona
Coordinate: 41.48° N, 1.94° E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Early Miocene
Zone: MN3
Geography comments: "en la paraje de la Costa Blanca junto al kilómetro 0,7 de la carretera de Tarrasa" (there is no Costa Blanca in this area, and the authors certainly mean Costablanca, which is a small neighbourhood immediately to the east of Martorell: coordinate based on Costablanca)
said to be early Burdigalian by the authors: the equivalent of Ramblian sensu Casanovas-Vilar et al. (2016, Comptes Rendus Palevol), who discuss a fauna called La Costablanca in this area that is MN3 (effectively Burdigalian) and assumed to be the same site
said to be early Burdigalian by the authors: the equivalent of Ramblian sensu Casanovas-Vilar et al. (2016, Comptes Rendus Palevol), who discuss a fauna called La Costablanca in this area that is MN3 (effectively Burdigalian) and assumed to be the same site
Environment
Lithology: marl
Habitat comments: from a 10 to 15 m interval of "Margas abigarradas y rojas con intercalaciones de limolitas calcáreas de 1-1.5 m. Las margas contienen la abundante fauna"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,ungulates,other small mammals
Sample size: 25 specimens
Sampling comments: the site was discovered "a una explotación de arcillas"
Tesudo sp. (two size classes), Trionyx sp., and Helix sp. are also listed but not described
Tesudo sp. (two size classes), Trionyx sp., and Helix sp. are also listed but not described
Metadata
Sample number: 4450
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2024-11-11 06:32:52
Modified: 2024-11-11 06:32:52
Abundance distribution
10 species
5 singletons
total count 25
geometric series index: 28.2
Fisher's α: 6.177
geometric series k: 0.8195
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8417
Shannon's H: 2.0579
Good's u: 0.8033
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Register
| Carnivora indet. large | 1 | |
| probably an amphicyonid | ||
| Carnivora indet. small | 1 | |
| probably a mustelid | ||
| †Lagopsis penai | 2 | |
| Palaeochoerus meissneri = †Hyotherium meisneri | 1 | |
| "Paleochoerus meissneri" | ||
| †Anchitherium aurelianense | 1 | |
| Rhinocerotidae indet. | 6 | |
| "Aceratherium sp.": the description is short and no comparisons to particular species are made | ||
| †Amphitragulus cf. elegans | 3 | |
| †Amphitragulus cf. aurelianensis | 5 | |
| Amphitragulus cf. gracilis = †Pomelomeryx cf. gracilis | 4 | |
| †Procervulus dichotomus | 1 | |