Wannenwaldtobel 2
Basic information
Sample name: Wannenwaldtobel 2

Reference: V. J. Sach. 1999. Litho- und biostratigraphische Untersuchungen in der Oberen Süsswassermolasse des Landkreises Biberach a. d. Riss (Oberschwaben). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B, Geologie und Paläontologie 276:1-167 [ER 4405]
Geography
Country: Germany

State: Baden-Württemberg

Coordinate: 48.02° N, 9.84° E
Latlng basis: estimated from map

Scale: quarry

Time interval: Middle Miocene

Zone: MN5/6

Geography comments: about 2 km southwest of Fischbach along the stream called Umlach, about 10 km south of Biberach (see Fig. 2)
"belongs to the transitional period MN 5/6" meaning late MN5 or anywhere within MN6 (see Fig. 35)

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Environment
Lithology: marl

Habitat comments: from a 0.3 m thick layer consisting of light to medium grey calcareous marl
the palaeoenvironment is not indicated

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

Excluded forms: turtles, other reptiles, lizards, snakes, frogs, fishes

Sampling methods: screenwash

Sample size: 181 specimens

Years: 1992 - 1996

Museum: Staatlichen Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart

Net or trap nights: 0

kg screened: 150

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: collected between 1992 and 1996 by the author
about 150 kg of sediment was sampled
plants, snails, freshwater bivalves, ostracods, fishes, frogs, snakes, lizards, turtles, and Diplocynodon are also present

Metadata
Sample no: 4683

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2025-08-29 02:40:49

Modified: 2025-08-29 02:40:49

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
17 species
4 singletons
total count 181
geometric series index: 25.8
Fisher's α: 4.597
geometric series k: 0.8085
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8943
Shannon's H: 2.4287
Good's u: 0.978
Register
†Galerix aff. exilis 7
Erinaceinae indet.1
Mioechinus or Amphechinus
Soricidae indet.10
†Proscapanus cf. sansaniensis 2
may well also include 1 Talpidae indet.
Myotis sp. 1
†Heteroxerus aff. rubricati 9
Miopetaurista sp. 1
plus 1 Sciuridae indet.
Microdyromys sp. 16
praemurinus or miocaenicus
†Miodyromys aegercii 15
plus 4 Gliridae indet.
†Megacricetodon minor 30
†Democricetodon gracilis 4
†Democricetodon mutilus 13
Eumyarion sp. 1
†Cricetodon aff. meini 3
†Prolagus oeningensis 15
†Heteroprox larteti (deer)27
plus 1 Heteroprox or Euprox dp4
†Dorcatherium guntianum 26