La Retama
Basic information
Sample name: La Retama

Reference: M. A. Alvarez Sierra, I. GarcĂ­a Paredes, L. van den Hoek Ostende, A. J. van der Meulen, P. Pelâez-Campomanes, and P. Sevilla. 2006. The Middle Aragonian (Middle Miocene) micromammals from La Retama (Intermediate Depression, Tagus Basin) Province of Cuenca, Spain. Estudios Geológicos 62(1):401-428 [ER 2355]
Geography
Country: Spain

State: Cuenca


Coordinate: 40° 5' N, 2° 41' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Middle Miocene

Zone: MN5

Ma: 15.5

Geography comments: "in a crop field next to Loranca del Campo" (coordinate based on Loranca del Campo)
"zone Db (early MN5)" (i.e., about 15.5 Ma)

Environment
Substrate: ground surface

Lithology: marl

Habitat comments: "silt-marls with carbonate concretions and vegetal remains... deltaic facies from a small fan delta"

Methods
Life forms: bats,rodents,other small mammals

Sampling methods: screenwash

Sample size: 2176 specimens

Years: 1988, 1989

Sampling comments: "Some 1.200 kg of sediment from La Retama were screened"

Metadata
Sample number: 2525

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2017-02-14 13:02:40

Modified: 2023-09-08 11:47:59

Abundance distribution
17 species
3 singletons
total count 2176
geometric series index: 23.6
Fisher's α: 2.513
geometric series k: 0.6537
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7302
Shannon's H: 1.5585
Good's u: 0.9986
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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