Khasm El-Raqaba
Basic information
Sample name: Khasm El-Raqaba

Reference: G. F. Gunnell, A. J. Winkler, E. R. Miller, J. J. Head, A. N. El-Barkooky, M. A. Gawad, W. J. Sanders, and P. D. Gingerich. 2016. Small vertebrates from Khasm El-Raqaba, late Middle Miocene, Eastern Desert, Egypt. Historical Biology 28(1-2):159-171 [ER 4033]
Geography
Country: Egypt

Coordinate: 28.451° N, 31.834° E
Latlng basis: stated in text

Formation: Gebel Hof

Time interval: Middle Miocene

Zone: Serravallian

Geography comments: Gebel Hof aka. Qarara Formation
"likely to be late Middle Miocene in age (ca. 10 - 12Ma)" and assigned to MN9
the authors apparently mean Serravallian, which is mostly beyond this range, and may mean MN8 and/or MN9

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Environment
Lithology: limestone

Taphonomic context: fissure fill

Habitat comments: "Red mudstone-filled karst fissures are relatively common in the KER limestone"
"This rock unit forms an extensive terrain of whitish hard crystalline nummulitic limestone and dolomite. It reaches a thickness of 15–20m and is being quarried (Figure 2(A)) for its prized ‘marbleized’ qualities"

Methods
Life forms: snakes, bats, rodents

Sample size: 10 specimens

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Metadata
Sample no: 4449

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: Nicholas Vine

Modifier no: Nicholas Vine

Created: 2024-11-11 01:58:35

Modified: 2024-11-14 09:11:33

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
4 species
2 singletons
total count 10
geometric series index: 12.0
Fisher's α: 2.471
geometric series k: 0.5503
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5333
Shannon's H: 1.0889
Good's u: 0.82
Register
Colubroidea indet.2
cf. Colubrinae
†Hipposideros amenhotepos 1
formerly Pseudorhinolophus sp. nov.
†Africanomys cf. minor 6
Ctenodactylinae indet.1