Canales
Basic information
Sample name: Canales

Reference: M. A. Alvarez Sierra, R. Daams, and P. Pelâez-Campomanes. 1999. The Late Oligocene rodent faunas of Canales (MP28) and Parrales (MP29) from the Loranca Basin, province of Cuenca, Spain. Revista Española de Paleontología 14(1):93-116 [ER 2387]
Geography
Country: Spain


Coordinate: 40° 9' N, 2° 41' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Formation: Upper Detrital Unit

Time interval: Early Oligocene

Zone: MP28

Geography comments: "near the village of Huete" (coordinate based on Huete)
MP28

Environment
Substrate: ground surface

Lithology: siltstone

Habitat comments: "light-grey silt with scattered small gastropod fragments and tiny gypsum crystals in a sequence of predominantly fluvial deposits"

Methods
Life forms: rodents

Sampling methods: screenwash

Sample size: 99 specimens

Sampling comments: "Some 6200 kg of sediment were screened"
additional taxa are not discussed

Metadata
Sample number: 2572

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2017-02-17 15:54:46

Modified: 2023-09-08 12:15:39

Abundance distribution
8 species
0 singletons
total count 99
geometric series index: 9.8
Fisher's α: 2.053
geometric series k: 0.6617
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7653
Shannon's H: 1.6953
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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