Canlong
Basic information
Sample name: Canlong
Sample aka: Matelles
Reference: J.-Y. Crochet, J.-L. Hartenberger, J.-A. Remy, J. Sudre, and J.-L. Welcomme. 1997. Découverte de vertébrés continenteaux de l'Eocène moyen et supérieur dans le bassin des Matelles (Hérault, Sud de la France) et redécouverte du "Lophiodon des Matelles". Géologie de la France 1:35-46 [ER 4014]
Geography
Country: France
Coordinate: 43° 44' N, 3° 49' E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Middle Eocene
Zone: MP14
Geography comments: there is no French place called Canlong, but the site is in the Matelles basin about 20 km north of Montpellier (coordinate based on Les Matelles)
assigned to MP14 based on biochronology, which the authors mistakenly think is Late Eocene
assigned to MP14 based on biochronology, which the authors mistakenly think is Late Eocene
Environment
Lithology: limestone
Habitat comments: from "un niveau détritique consolidé composé presque exclusivement de débris carbonatés" which is clearly reworked and marine because it includes rolled oncolithes, orbitoline forams, and shark teeth
the palaeoenvironment of actual deposition is not discussed
the palaeoenvironment of actual deposition is not discussed
Methods
Life forms: primates,rodents,ungulates
Sample size: 24 specimens
Sampling comments: the fossils were extracted with acid dissolution and screenwashed
Metadata
Sample number: 4428
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2024-11-05 21:52:25
Modified: 2024-11-05 21:52:25
Abundance distribution
9 species
3 singletons
total count 24
geometric series index: 19.8
Fisher's α: 5.230
geometric series k: 0.7993
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8442
Shannon's H: 2.0293
Good's u: 0.8785
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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