Kapsomin
Basic information
Sample name: Kapsomin

Reference: P. Mein and M. Pickford. 2006. Late Miocene micromammals from the Lukeino Formation (6.1 to 5.8 Ma), Kenya. Bulletin mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 75(4):183-223 [ER 2337]
Geography
Country: Kenya

Coordinate: 1° 53' 30" N, 36° 55' 30" E
Latlng basis: stated in text

Formation: Lukeino

Time interval: Late Miocene

Ma: 5.95

Geography comments: "eastern foothills of the Tugen Hills... The deposits range in age from 6.1 to 5.8 Ma"
coordinate based on Pickford (1975)
most material is apparently from "sands" in Member B (Pickford 1975)

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Environment
Substrate: ground surface

Lithology: sandstone

Methods
Life forms: bats, primates, rodents, other small mammals

Sampling methods: screenwash

Sample size: 824 specimens

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: "wet screening"
a few additional specimens from Aragai and Kapcheberek are listed

Metadata
Sample no: 2498

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2017-02-12 18:16:54

Modified: 2017-02-12 07:21:32

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
26 species
9 singletons
total count 824
geometric series index: 47.1
Fisher's α: 5.109
geometric series k: 0.7935
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7697
Shannon's H: 1.8699
Good's u: 0.9891
Register
Galagidae indet.1
Erinaceidae indet.2
†Crocidura kapsominensis 7
sp. nov.
Suncus sp. 4
Elephantulus sp. 6
Rousettus sp. 1
questionably referred
Chamtwaria sp. 1
Myotis sp. 1
cf this genus
Vespertilionidae indet.1
Taphozous sp. 1
questionably referred
Serengetilagus sp. 22
Pedetidae indet.1
Apodecter aequatorialis 144
sp. nov.
Hystrix sp. 1 1
Hystrix sp. 2 1
Petromus sp. 4
†Abudhabia tateroides 114
sp. nov.
Saccostomus cf. geraadsi 16
Steatomys minus 21
Steatomys cf. intermedius 7
Dendromus sp. 3
new
Preacomys cf. griffini 3
Preacomus cf. kikiae 9
Lukeinomys cheptumoae 124
gen. et sp. nov.
Saidomys alisae 325
sp. nov.
Muridae indet.4