Rauscheröd 1 b/c
Basic information
Sample name: Rauscheröd 1 b/c

Reference: R. Ziegler and V. Fahlbusch. 1986. Kleinsäuger-Faunen aus der basalen Oberen Süsswasser-Molasse Niederbayerns. Zitteliana 14:3-58 [ER 2423]
Geography
Country: Germany

Coordinate: 49° 32' N, 13° 13' E
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Early Miocene

Zone: MN4

Geography comments: "2, 5 km ENE Ortenburg, 10 km SSE Vilshofen" (coordinate based on Ortenburg)
one MN4b

Environment
Substrate: ground surface

Lithology: marl

Habitat comments: "18-25 cm hell- bis dunkelbraune Mergel, zT siltig, glimmerreich Gastropoden und Wirbeltierreste unterschiedlich angereichert"
1 b and 1 c are both from this horizon

Methods
Life forms: rodents, other small mammals

Sampling methods: screenwash

Sample size: 365 specimens

Years: 1983

Net or trap nights: 0

kg screened: 10500

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: collected initially by F. Pfeil and later by the Münchener Sammlung, which obtained "ca 6 000 kg Schlåmmgut" from 1 b (year not stated); in 1983 the institut collected another "ca. 4 500 kg Schlåmmgut"
I am unable to split the 1 b and 1 c registers because counts of erinaceids and talpids cannot be broken down
counts of talpids are from Ziegler (1985)

Metadata
Sample no: 2643

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Modifier no: John Alroy

Created: 2017-02-24 15:41:53

Modified: 2024-11-10 20:46:43

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
23 species
8 singletons
total count 365
geometric series index: 42.1
Fisher's α: 5.452
geometric series k: 0.8108
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.82
Shannon's H: 2.0774
Good's u: 0.9781
Register
Amphiperatherium frequens 1
1 b
Galerix symeonidisi 46
1 b + c (combined)
Desmanella engesseri 4
1 b, c (combined)
Proscapanus "intercedens-sansaniensis"7
1 b, c (combined)
Scaptonyx cf. edwardsi 3
1 b, 1 c (broken down)
Desmanodon antiquus 5
1 b
Plesiodimylus chantrei 3
1 b
Sorex dehmi 1
1 b
Florinia stehlini 5
"Sorex stehlini": 1 b and 1 c (broken down)
Spermophilinus aff. bredai 1
1 b
Trogontherium minutum = Euroxenomys minutus 1
"Steneofiber minutus": 1 c
Microdyromys praemurinus 1
1 c
Pseudodryomys ibericus 81
1 b and 1 c (broken down)
Miodyromys hamadryas biradiculus5
1 c
Peridyromys murinus 1
1 c
Ligerimys florancei 9
1 b,c (not broken down)
Leptodontomys sp. 1
1 b
Eumyarion cf. weinfurteri 6
1 b, 1 c (broken down)
Megacricetodon aff. collongensis 101
1 b, 1 c (broken down)
Democricetodon aff. franconicus 11
1 b and 1 c (broken down)
Anomalomys minor 1
1 b
Prolagus sp. vasconiensis-oeningensis 68
1 b, 1 c (broken down)
Lagopsis sp. 3
1 b