Casablanca I
Basic information
Sample name: Casablanca I
Reference: E. Gil and C. Sesé. 1984. Micromamiferos del nuevo yacimiento Villafranquiense de Casablanca I (Almenara, prov. de Castellon). Estudios Geológicos 40:243-249 [ER 2410]
Geography
Country: Spain
State: Castellón
Coordinate: 39° 45' N, 0° 14' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Early Pleistocene
Zone: MN17
Geography comments: "en las cercanÃas de la localidad castellonense de Almenara, a unos 30 kilómetros al sur de la capital" (coordinate based on Almenara)
"Villafranquiense medio (Plioceno terminal), unidad MN 17"
"Villafranquiense medio (Plioceno terminal), unidad MN 17"
Environment
Substrate: ground surface
Habitat comments: "un relleno kârstico que aflora debido a la existencia de una cantera de explotación de calizas actualmente abandonada... la riqueza de la concentración de restos fósiles, indica para la acumulación un origen principal, aunque no exclusivamente, debido a egagrópilas de aves rapaces" (exact lithology not indicated)
from "niveles de excavacíon 6 y 8 del relleno cárstico"
from "niveles de excavacíon 6 y 8 del relleno cárstico"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other small mammals
Sample size: 397 specimens
Years: 1983
Sampling comments: "procedentes del nivel de excavación 6A"
collection methods not indicated
Soricidae indet. and Chiroptera indet. are listed but not described
large mammals are described by Soto and Morales (1985, ER 4020)
excavated by E. Carbonell and F. Gusi (Soto and Morales 1985)
collection methods not indicated
Soricidae indet. and Chiroptera indet. are listed but not described
large mammals are described by Soto and Morales (1985, ER 4020)
excavated by E. Carbonell and F. Gusi (Soto and Morales 1985)
Metadata
Sample number: 2622
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Modifier no: John Alroy
Created: 2017-02-19 17:52:53
Modified: 2024-11-08 10:32:32
Abundance distribution
14 species
4 singletons
total count 397
geometric series index: 25.0
Fisher's α: 2.827
geometric series k: 0.6470
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.4563
Shannon's H: 1.0839
Good's u: 0.9900
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