Weisenauer Strasse 5 (Schicht 3b)
Basic information
Sample name: Weisenauer Strasse 5 (Schicht 3b)
Reference: O. Fejfar. 2023. Untermiozäne Fossilgemeinschaften der Wiesbaden-Formation aus einem Tertiärprofil in Mainz (Mainz-Gruppe, Mainzer Becken, Deutschland). 3. Säugetiere. Mainzer geowissenschaftliche Mitteilungen 51:127-134 [ER 4402]
Geography
Country: Germany
State: Rheinland-Pfalz
Coordinate: 49.99° N, 8.29° E
Latlng basis: estimated from map
Scale: quarry
Formation: Wiesbaden
Time interval: Early Miocene
Zone: MN2
Geography comments: in the northeast of Mainz (coordinate estimated from Fig. 1)
MN 2a or MN 2b
MN 2a or MN 2b
Environment
Lithology: limestone
Habitat comments: from a 3.5 m thick aquatic habitat that was dried out prior to deposition of the fossiliferous layer
certainly near shore and possibly estuarine or lagoonal based on the presence of forams
the lithology is shown as a limestone-marl (kalkmergel or clayey limestone) in Fig. 2
certainly near shore and possibly estuarine or lagoonal based on the presence of forams
the lithology is shown as a limestone-marl (kalkmergel or clayey limestone) in Fig. 2
Methods
Life forms: rodents, other small mammals
Sample size: 54 specimens
Years: 1998
Museum: Naturhistorischen Museums Mainz
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: the sediments were uncovered during building construction
a second horizon called Schicht 8 was also highly fossiliferous but there was no opportunity to collect it intensively before access was lost
collection methods and the sediment volume are not discussed
charophytes, forams, ostracods, molluscs, fish otoliths, amphibians, and reptiles are also present
a second horizon called Schicht 8 was also highly fossiliferous but there was no opportunity to collect it intensively before access was lost
collection methods and the sediment volume are not discussed
charophytes, forams, ostracods, molluscs, fish otoliths, amphibians, and reptiles are also present
Metadata
Sample no: 4679
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2025-08-26 22:19:31
Modified: 2025-08-26 22:19:31
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
7 species
1 singleton
total count 54
geometric series index: 11.0
Fisher's α: 2.144
geometric series k: 0.6236
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5674
Shannon's H: 1.2775
Good's u: 0.9822
Register
| Soricidae indet. I | 2 | |
| Soricidae indet. II | 4 | |
| †Amphechinus cf. edwardsi | 3 | |
| Pseudocordylodon sp. | 1 | |
| compared to | ||
| †Pseudotheridomys aff. lacombai | 4 | |
| †Peridyromys murinus | 34 | |
| †Titanomys visenoviensis | 6 | |