QV
Basic information
Sample name: QV

Sample aka: L6261; Makoshika State Park

Reference: J. P. Hunter, J. H. Hartman, and D. W. Krause. 1997. Mammals and mollusks across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary from Makoshika State Park and vicinity (Williston Basin), Montana. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 32(1):61-114 [ER 4119]
Geography
Country: United States

State: Montana

County: Dawson

Coordinate: 47.09° N, -104.66° W
Latlng basis: stated in text

Formation: Hell Creek

Time interval: Maastrichtian

Zone: Lancian

Max Ma: 68.178

Min Ma: 66.38

Age basis: paleomag

Geography comments: "in sec. 5, T. 15 N., R. 56 E., in Makoshika State Park"
"stratigraphically nearly equivalent to the Muddy Tork Locality" and in Chron 30n based on local paleomagnetic data (age assignment based on Ogg 2020)

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Environment
Lithology: sandstone

Taphonomic context: fluvial deposit

Habitat comments: "near the base of a thick channel sandstone complex"

Methods
Life forms: other small mammals

Excluded forms: snails

Years: 1993

Museum: Museum of the Rockies

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: "discovered in 1993" by a "SUNY crew" led by Hunter
there is "one snail steinkern"

Metadata
Sample no: 4551

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2024-12-04 08:43:06

Modified: 2024-12-04 08:43:06

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
2 species
2 singletons
total count 2
geometric series index: not computable
Fisher's α: not computable
geometric series k: 0
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5
Shannon's H: 0.6931
Good's u: 0.0
Register
†Meniscoessus robustus 1
Pediomyidae indet.1
"Pediomys elegans or P. cooki" (now in separate genera)