Ehrenstein 8
Basic information
Sample name: Ehrenstein 8
Reference: R. Ziegler and E. P. J. Heizmann. 1991. Oligozäne Säugetierfaunen aus den Spatlenfüllungen von Lautern, Herllingen und Ehrenstein bei Ulm (Baden-Württemberg). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 171:1-26 [ER 2424]
Geography
Country: Germany
Coordinate: 48° 26' N, 10° 53' E
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Early Oligocene
Zone: MP22
Age basis: zone
Geography comments: in the "Weissjura-Steinbruch der Ulmer Weisskalkwerke K. Mühlen & Co., ca. 500 NE des Ortsausgangs von Blaustein, Ortsteil Ehrenstein... E der Strasse" (coordinate based on Blaustein)
Environment
Substrate: ground surface
Habitat comments: "in der Mitte der Ostwand an der tiefsten Sohle des Steinbruchs eine weitere, weniger reiche fossilführende Spalte" than Ehrenstein 7 (exactly lithology not discussed)
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, rodents, ungulates, other small mammals
Sampling methods: screenwash
Sample size: 777 specimens
Years: 1989
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: weight of sediment sample not discussed
Metadata
Sample no: 2648
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2017-02-24 19:02:56
Modified: 2017-02-24 08:02:56
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
39 species
16 singletons
total count 777
geometric series index: 87.7
Fisher's α: 8.649
geometric series k: 0.8559
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6865
Shannon's H: 1.7489
Good's u: 0.9794
Register
| †Amphiperatherium ambiguum | 2 | |
| Saturninia sp. 2 | 8 | |
| Tetracus nanus | 17 | |
| Tetracus sp. | 1 | |
| questionably | ||
| Echinosoricinae indet. | 1 | |
| Myxomygale cf. antiqua | 5 | |
| Talpidae indet. | 1 | |
| Dimylidae indet. | 1 | |
| Heterosoricidae indet. 1 | 9 | |
| Heterosoricidae indet. 2 | 6 | |
| Srinitium cf. marteli | 2 | |
| Theridomys sp. | 18 | |
| Sciuromys cayluxi | 1 | |
| Microsuevosciurus ? minimus | 2 | |
| †Suevosciurus dehmi | 222 | |
| †Suevosciurus ? fraasi | 2 | |
| †Suevosciurus ehingensis | 3 | |
| Pseudosciurus ? praecedens | 1 | |
| Pseudosciurus suevicus | 370 | |
| Trigonomys aff. simplex | 2 | |
| Paracitellus cf. marmoreus | 1 | |
| Plesiospermophilus aff. atavus | 2 | |
| Plesiospermophilus angustidens | 4 | |
| †Oligopetes cf. radialis | 2 | |
| †Oligopetes cf. obtusus | 1 | |
| †Gliravus aff. tenuis | 6 | |
| Microdyromys sp. | 23 | |
| said to be new | ||
| †Bransatoglis aff. fugax | 5 | |
| Peridyromys sp. | 1 | |
| Gliridae indet. | 1 | |
| †Eomys cf. antiquus | 14 | |
| †Eucricetodon atavus | 34 | |
| †Pseudocricetodon cf. montalbanensis | 1 | |
| †Paracricetodon aff. dehmi | 3 | |
| Mustelictis sp. | 1 | |
| Mustelidae indet. | 1 | |
| Carnivora indet. | 1 | |
| Paroxacron sp. | 1 | |
| †Plagiolophus minor | 1 | |