Barranc de Can Vila 1
Basic information
Sample name: Barranc de Can Vila 1
Sample aka: BCV1
Reference: M. Furió, I. Casanovas-Vilar, S. Moyá-Solá, M. Köhler, J. Galindo, and D. M. Alba. 2011. Insectivores (Eulipotyphla; Mammalia) from the Middle Miocene of Barranc de Can Vila 1 (Vallès-Penedès Basin, Catalonia, Spain). Geobios 44:199-213 [ER 3905]
Geography
Country: Spain
State: Barcelona
Coordinate: 41.523197° N, 1.805321° E
Coordinate basis: estimated from map
Formation: Valles Penedes Basin
Time interval: Middle Miocene
Zone: MN7
Ma: 11.9
Age basis: paleomag
Geography comments: BCV1 is located near the Can Vila farmhouse outside of the town of els Hostalets de Pierola in NE of Barcelona, Catalonia
Combined magnetostratigraphic and biostratigraphic data placed the estimated age of the locality at 11.9 Ma
Combined magnetostratigraphic and biostratigraphic data placed the estimated age of the locality at 11.9 Ma
Environment
Lithology: siliciclastic (mixed)
Taphonomic context: fluvial deposit
Habitat comments: The sediments of BCV1 were deposited at the edge of the coalescence of two major alluvial fan systems
Predators such as barn owls may have been a factor in the accumulation of micromammal remains at BCV1, but it is still debated
Predators such as barn owls may have been a factor in the accumulation of micromammal remains at BCV1, but it is still debated
Methods
Life forms: rodents,other small mammals
Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash
Sample size: 421 specimens
Years: 2003, 2004
Sampling comments: ~10 tons of excavated sediment was screen-washed
Furio et al described taxonomically lumped 'insectivores' (Eulipotyphla; Mammalia) from the site
Rodents and Lagomorphs are gathered from Casanovas-Vilar et al 2010 (ER 3908)
Furio et al described taxonomically lumped 'insectivores' (Eulipotyphla; Mammalia) from the site
Rodents and Lagomorphs are gathered from Casanovas-Vilar et al 2010 (ER 3908)
Metadata
Sample number: 4297
Contributor: Jack Nesbitt
Enterer: Jack Nesbitt
Created: 2023-06-13 10:37:00
Modified: 2023-09-11 10:54:06
Abundance distribution
17 species
1 singleton
total count 421
extrapolated richness: 20.3
Fisher's α: 3.554
geometric series k: 0.7391
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8486
Shannon's H: 2.2487
Good's u: 0.9976
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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