Herrlingen 8
Basic information
Sample name: Herrlingen 8

Reference: R. Ziegler. 1994. Rodentia (Mammalia) aus den oberoligozänen Spaltenfüllungen Herrlingen 8 und Herrlingen 9 be Ulm (Baden-Württemberg). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 196:1-81 [ER 2425]
Geography
Country: Germany

State: Baden-Württemberg

Coordinate: 48° 25' N, 10° 54' E
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Late Oligocene

Zone: MP28

Age basis: zone

Geography comments: "in der Mitte der vierten Abbausohle Reste der Füllung" of the "Herrlinger Wiessjura-Steinbruch, ca. 8 km W Ulm" (coordinate based on Herrlingen)

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Environment
Substrate: ground surface

Lithology: limestone

Habitat comments: a large "Spalte. Der rote Spaltenkalk war zum Teil dicht gepackt mit Knochen und Zähnen"

Methods
Life forms: rodents

Excluded forms: ungulates, other small mammals

Sampling methods: screenwash

Sample size: 1347 specimens

Years: 1991

Net or trap nights: 0

kg screened: 200

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: "ca. 200 kg Sediment" was processed
additional taxa other than a previously published Propalaeochoerus gergovianus (one tooth) are not discussed; other small mammals and probably ungulates are presumed to be present based on the composition of the other Herrlingen samples

Metadata
Sample no: 2652

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2017-02-25 09:45:38

Modified: 2023-09-11 10:33:54

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
14 species
0 singleton
total count 1347
geometric series index: 15.4
Fisher's α: 2.178
geometric series k: 0.6645
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7477
Shannon's H: 1.8186
Good's u: 1
Register
†Palaeosciurus aff. goti 115
†Gliravus bruijni 3
†Peridyromys aff. murinus 32
†Microdyromys legidensis 206
Glirudinus glirulus 6
†Eomys aff. ebnatensis 70
†Eomys major 18
†Eomyodon volkeri 18
†Eomyodon pusillus 14
†Eucricetodon dubius 609
†Pseudocricetodon aff. montalbanensis 116
Melissiodon aff. quercyi 46
†Plesiosminthus conjunctus 92
new
Plesiosminthus sp. 2
said to be new