Ebotu (HY1202 locality)
Basic information
Sample name: Ebotu (HY1202 locality)
Sample aka: Hongyazi
Reference: Q. Li, X. Wang, G. Xie, and A. Yin. 2013. Oligocene-Miocene mammalian fossils from Hongyazi Basin and its bearing on tectonics of Danghe Nanshan in northern Tibetan Plateau. PLoS ONE 8(e82816):1-9 [ER 4082]
Geography
Country: China
State: Gansu
Coordinate: 39° 41' N, 96° 42' E
Latlng basis: estimated from map
Time interval: Middle Miocene
Zone: MN7/8
Geography comments: "The Hongyazi Basin is at the southern foothills of the Danghe Nanshan"
coordinate estimated from the map in Fig. 2
the stratigraphic unit is apparently unnamed and not the same as the Baiyanghe Formation, contra earlier literature
"late middle Miocene, or Tunggurian land mammal age, roughly equivalent to the European Astaracian land mammal age or MN7+8"
coordinate estimated from the map in Fig. 2
the stratigraphic unit is apparently unnamed and not the same as the Baiyanghe Formation, contra earlier literature
"late middle Miocene, or Tunggurian land mammal age, roughly equivalent to the European Astaracian land mammal age or MN7+8"
Environment
Lithology: siltstone
Habitat comments: "red siltstones"
Methods
Life forms: rodents, ungulates, other small mammals
Sample size: 23 specimens
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: collecting times and methods are not discussed
Metadata
Sample no: 4508
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Modifier no: John Alroy
Created: 2024-11-21 08:36:54
Modified: 2024-11-21 08:47:05
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
9 species
4 singletons
total count 23
geometric series index: 23.8
Fisher's α: 5.443
geometric series k: 0.8178
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8281
Shannon's H: 1.9653
Good's u: 0.8336
Register
| Erinaceinae indet. | 2 | |
| Microdyromys sp. | 1 | |
| Sicista sp. | 1 | |
| Sicistini indet. | 1 | |
| †Heterosminthus orientalis | 5 | |
| †Megacricetodon sinensis | 5 | |
| †Democricetodon lindsayi | 5 | |
| †Alloptox gobiensis | 2 | |
| Rhinocerotidae indet. | 1 | |