Verduno (Layer 5)
Basic information
Sample name: Verduno (Layer 5)

Reference: S. Colombero, E. Bonelli, T. Kotsakis, G. Pavia, M. Pavia, and G. Carnevale. 2013. Late Messinian rodents from Verduno (Piedmont, NW Italy): Biochronological, paleoecological and paleobiogeographic implications. Geobios 46:111-125 [ER 2348]
Geography
Country: Italy


Coordinate: 44° 42' N, 8° 2' E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Formation: Cassano Spinola Conglomerates

Time interval: Late Miocene

Zone: MN13

Ma: 5.44

Geography comments: "near the town of Alba, in the Cuneo Province" (basis of coordinate)
in the "terminal part of the MN13" and "5.55-5.33 Ma"

Environment
Substrate: ground surface

Lithology: conglomerate

Habitat comments: "approximately 20 m below the 'black layer' marking the Mio-Pliocene boundary, and 25 m above the slumped marls of the Valle Versa Chaotic Complex... cross-bedded conglomerates with subcentimetric pebbles, mainly of gypsum"

Methods
Life forms: rodents

Sampling methods: screenwash

Sample size: 58 specimens

Years: 2010

Sampling comments: material "was washed and sieved"

Metadata
Sample number: 2517

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2017-02-13 17:29:37

Modified: 2017-02-17 02:45:34

Abundance distribution
5 species
0 singletons
total count 58
geometric series index: 6.0
Fisher's α: 1.312
geometric series k: 0.5491
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7308
Shannon's H: 1.4275
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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