Torralba V
Basic information
Sample name: Torralba V

Reference: E. Boné, M. T. Alberdi, M. Hoyos, and N. Lopez Martinez. 1980. Prospection paleontologique de la region Torralba de Ribota (Burdigalien de bassin de Calatayud, prov. de Zaragoza, Espagne). Palaeovertebrata 9(Ext.):233-247 [ER 4038]
Geography
Country: Spain

State: Zaragoza


Coordinate: 41° 25' 26" N, 2° 0' 47" E
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Time interval: Early Miocene

Zone: MN4

Geography comments: "au nord de Calatayud, à 1,75 km à vol d'oiseau au N.E. du village de Torralba de Ribota, sur le versant nord du Rio de Ribota"
assigned to the middle Burdigalian and MN4a

Environment
Lithology: claystone

Habitat comments: "Niveau 8 : Argiles vertes avec lentilles sableuses et reste de mammifères. Puissance 6 m"

Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other small mammals

Sampling methods: quarry

Sample size: 29 specimens

Years: 1978

Sampling comments: excavations were carried out in 1978
indeterminate turtle fragments are also present

Metadata
Sample number: 4453

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2024-11-12 02:43:21

Modified: 2024-11-12 02:43:21

Abundance distribution
9 species
3 singletons
total count 29
geometric series index: 19.1
Fisher's α: 4.471
geometric series k: 0.7841
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8313
Shannon's H: 1.9626
Good's u: 0.9013
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Anchitherium cf. aurelianense6
Aceratherium aff. platyodon = †Plesiaceratherium aff. platyodon7
Gomphotherium sp.5
Palaeomeryx sp.2
Cervidae indet.2
Mustelidae indet.1
questionably assigned
Lagopsis penai4
Sciuridae indet.1
questionably assigned
Cricetidae indet.1
questionably assigned