Muselievo
Basic information
Sample name: Muselievo
Reference: V. V. Popov. 2004. Pliocene small mammals (Mammalia, Lipotyphla, Chiroptera, Lagomorpha, Rodentia) from Muselievo (North Bulgaria). Geodiversitas 26(3):403-491 [ER 3920]
Geography
Country: Bulgaria
State: Pleven
County: Nikopol
Coordinate: 43.599998° N, 24.833332° E
Latlng basis: stated in text
Time interval: Late Pliocene
Zone: MN15
Geography comments: The Muselievo locality is situated near the town of Muselievo, North Bulgaria
Coordinates and map location do not match up within the text, Latitude and Longitude have been taken directly from the text although it is stated that the site is "1 km northeast from Muselievo"
The site has been dated to the MN15b subzone based on biostratigraphic comparisons with other sites in the region
Coordinates and map location do not match up within the text, Latitude and Longitude have been taken directly from the text although it is stated that the site is "1 km northeast from Muselievo"
The site has been dated to the MN15b subzone based on biostratigraphic comparisons with other sites in the region
Environment
Lithology: claystone
Taphonomic context: cave, fissure fill, pitfall trap
Habitat comments: "Yellowish clay deposit" filling a former karstic hollow (ancient cave) in which no strata can be identified
The low concentration of bones suggests they accumulated via accidental entrapment in the ancient cave (except for the bats)
The low concentration of bones suggests they accumulated via accidental entrapment in the ancient cave (except for the bats)
Methods
Life forms: bats, rodents, other small mammals
Sampling methods: quarry, screenwash
Sample size: 1713 specimens
Years: 1988, 1989
Net or trap nights: 0
kg screened: 500
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: ~500 kg of sediment was wet sieved using mesh bags (0.8 mm apertures) then re-sieved through 2 mm and 0.8 mm metal sieves
Fragmentary remains of large mammals have been recovered
Counts excluded:
Myotis sp. - 6
Rhagapodemus sp. - 3
Fragmentary remains of large mammals have been recovered
Counts excluded:
Myotis sp. - 6
Rhagapodemus sp. - 3
Metadata
Sample no: 4321
Contributor no: Jack Nesbitt
Enterer: Jack Nesbitt
Modifier no: John Alroy
Created: 2023-06-30 12:52:41
Modified: 2024-11-10 20:59:28
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
32 species
10 singletons
total count 1713
geometric series index: 51.7
Fisher's α: 5.586
geometric series k: 0.8103
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7958
Shannon's H: 2.1176
Good's u: 0.9942
Register
| Deinsdorfia kordosi | 1 | |
| Mafia csarnotensis = †Mafia cf. csarnotense | 2 | |
| Blarinoides mariae | 1 | |
| †Asoriculus gibberodon | 1 | |
| †Talpa minor | 5 | |
| Rhinolophus wenzensis | 228 | |
| Rhinolophus mehelyi birzebbugensis | 679 | 13.0 g |
| Rhinolophus aff. euryale | 33 | 11.5 g |
| Myotis blythii longicaninus | 217 | 24.6 g |
| Myotis cf. bechsteinii | 92 | 8.5 g |
| Miniopterus cf. approximatus | 73 | |
| †Ochotonoma csarnotana | 82 | |
| †Hypolagus beremendensis | 5 | |
| †Trischizolagus dumitrescue | 6 | |
| Pliopentalagus dietrichi | 10 | |
| Sciurus sp. | 1 | |
| †Eutamias orlovi | 1 | |
| "Tamias orlovi" | ||
| Spermophilus sp. | 1 | |
| questionably assigned | ||
| †Pliopetaurista dehneli | 1 | |
| †Myomimus complicidentatus | 9 | |
| †Glis minor | 14 | |
| †Rhagapodemus cf. hautimagnensis | 67 | |
| †Apodemus dominans | 100 | |
| "Sylvaemus dominans" | ||
| †Allocricetus bursae | 4 | |
| †Allocricetus ehiki | 10 | |
| †Propliomys cf. hungaricus | 9 | |
| Dolomys occitanus | 42 | |
| Dolomys cf. nehringi | 1 | |
| Bjornkurtenia canterranensis | 1 | |
| †Trilophomys depereti | 8 | |
| †Pliospalax cf. macoveii | 8 | |
| Hystrix sp. | 1 | |