Subpiatra 2/1R
Basic information
Sample name: Subpiatra 2/1R
Reference: J. Hír and M. Venczel. 2005. New Middle Miocene vertebrate localities from Subpiatra (Bihor District), Romania). Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae 5:211-221 [ER 3961]
Geography
Country: Romania
Coordinate: 47° 0' N, 22° 18' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Time interval: Middle Miocene
Zone: MN6
Geography comments: "near Subpiatra... on the left slope of the Rece Valley... in the right side of a small ravine"
Environment
Lithology: siliciclastic (mixed)
Habitat comments: from a "15-20 cm thick sandy clay and silt deposit, interbedded in a series of clay and marl layers"
the fauna "suggests a dry scrub milieu"
the fauna "suggests a dry scrub milieu"
Methods
Life forms: rodents,other small mammals,lizards,snakes,turtles,other reptiles,frogs,salamanders
Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash
Sample size: 164 specimens
Years: 2004
Sampling comments: "about 600 kg" was processed "by screening-washing... with mesh of 0.8 and 0.6 mm"
Metadata
Sample number: 4370
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-09-08 20:33:57
Modified: 2023-09-11 10:58:12
Abundance distribution
15 species
4 singletons
total count 164
extrapolated richness: 30.7
Fisher's α: 4.018
geometric series k: 0.7257
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6242
Shannon's H: 1.4338
Good's u: 0.9760
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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Register
| Triturus sp. | 1 | |
| plus 1 Salamandridae indet. that might belong to this genus | ||
| Latonia gigantea | 7 | |
| Pelophylax sp. | 45 | |
| "Rana (Pelophylax) sp." | ||
| Emydidae indet. | 2 | |
| Diplocynodon sp. | 2 | |
| compared to | ||
| Ophisaurus sp. | 2 | |
| Lacerta sp. | 3 | |
| Varanidae indet. | 1 | |
| Colubrinae indet. | 2 | |
| Vipera sp. | 1 | |
| Eurolagus fontannesi | 1 | |
| Muscardinus sansaniensis | 3 | |
| Myoglis meini | 2 | |
| Megacricetodon sp. | 89 | |
| Democricetodon brevis | 3 | |
Current reference:
Huckleberry et al. 2001 (ER 3215)