Petersbuch 28
Basic information
Sample name: Petersbuch 28

Reference: V. V. Rosina and M. Rummel. 2012. The bats (Chiroptera, Mammalia) from the Early Miocene of Petersbuch (Bavaria, Southern Germany). Geobios 45:463-478 [ER 3904]
Geography
Country: Germany

State: Bavaria

County: Titting

Coordinate: 48.978657° N, 11.199542° E
Latlng basis: estimated from map

Time interval: Early Miocene

Zone: MN3/4

Geography comments: Petersbuch 28 is located in a stone quarry near the town of Petersbuch, Bavaria, Southern Germany
Petersbuch 28 contains fauna from MN 3 as well as early MN 4 such as Democricetodon and Megacricetodon, suggesting upper MN 3/lowest MN 4 as the date for Petersbuch 28

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Environment
Lithology: claystone

Taphonomic context: fissure fill, bird accumulation

Habitat comments: Petersbuch 28 is a karst fissure fill consisting of "reddish to brown clayey loam"
Accumulation was most likely through bird pellets but may be due to natural causes, or both

Methods
Life forms: bats

Sampling methods: quarry

Sample size: 702 specimens

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: 603 bat specimens were recovered from Petersbuch 28
Examined material is mostly dentary and maxillary fragments

Metadata
Sample no: 4293

Contributor no: Jack Nesbitt

Enterer: Jack Nesbitt

Modifier no: John Alroy

Created: 2023-06-05 15:38:30

Modified: 2024-11-10 20:29:12

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
9 species
0 singleton
total count 702
geometric series index: 10.6
Fisher's α: 1.456
geometric series k: 0.5665
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7018
Shannon's H: 1.4035
Good's u: 1
Register
†Rhinolophus lemanensis 219
Rhinolophus dehmi 131
Megaderma franconica 283
Miostrellus petersbuchensis 31
nov. sp.
Myotis aff. reductus 22
Plecotus schoepfelii 8
nov. sp.
Eptesicus campanensis 3
Submyotodon peterbuchensis 3
Myotis cf. sanctialbani 2