Mas-de-Pauffié sample 1
Basic information
Sample name: Mas-de-Pauffié sample 1

Reference: M. Vianey-Liaud. 2015. Parallelism in the evolution of dental pattern and systematic implications: The case of Protechimys major Schlosser, 1884 (Theridomyinae, Rodentia, Mammalia) and its associated rodents. Comptes Rendus Palevol 14:451-470 [ER 2390]
Geography
Country: France



Coordinate: 44° 20' N, 1° 39' E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Early Oligocene

Zone: MP26

Ma: 26.5

Geography comments: no details given; apparently near Vaylats (basis of coordinate)
Mas-de-Pauffié is the reference locality for MP26 (i.e., roughly 26.5 Ma based on Walliser et al. 2016)

Environment
Substrate: ground surface

Lithology: claystone

Habitat comments: "a small fissure-filling at the bottom of a subterranean gallery" with the fossils mostly coming from a "red clay"

Methods
Life forms: rodents

Sampling methods: screenwash

Sample size: 58 specimens

Years: 1993

Sampling comments: a sample of "about 1kg" that was almost certainly screenwashed
additional taxa are not discussed

Metadata
Sample number: 2576

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2017-02-17 19:32:34

Modified: 2017-02-17 08:32:34

Abundance distribution
6 species
0 singletons
total count 58
geometric series index: 8.1
Fisher's α: 1.681
geometric series k: 0.5780
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6437
Shannon's H: 1.3264
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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