Echzell
Basic information
Sample name: Echzell

Reference: D. Vasilyan, A. Cernansky, Z. Szyndlar, and T. Mörs. 2022. Amphibian and reptilian fauna from the early Miocene of Echzell, Germany. Fossil Record 25(1):99-145 [ER 4010]
Geography
Country: Germany

State: Hesse

Coordinate: 50° 23' N, 9° 53' E
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Early Miocene

Zone: MN4

Geography comments: coordinate based on Echzell

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Environment
Lithology: ash

Habitat comments: "The vertebrate remains have been obtained from disintegrated volcanic tuffs by screen washing (Tobien 1954)"

Methods
Life forms: salamanders, frogs, lizards, snakes

Sampling methods: quarry, screenwash

Sample size: 934 specimens

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Metadata
Sample no: 4423

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: Nicholas Vine

Modifier no: Nicholas Vine

Created: 2024-11-04 01:09:08

Modified: 2024-11-14 09:05:36

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
28 species
3 singletons
total count 934
geometric series index: 36.0
Fisher's α: 5.434
geometric series k: 0.8192
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8955
Shannon's H: 2.6112
Good's u: 0.9968
Register
†Albanerpeton inexpectatum 25
Mertensiella sp. 5
Chioglossa sp. 10
Lissotriton sp. 6
Salamandra sp. 5
Chelotriton sp. 34
Salamandridae indet.41
†Pelobates sanchizi 120
Latonia sp. 218
Pelophylax sp. 4
Rana sp. 3
†Palaeobatrachus robustus 11
Anura indet./"a number of bone fragments"52
Gekkota indet.2
†Chamaeleo andrusovi 1
Chamaeleonidae indet.4
Lacertidae indet.1
Scincinae sp./"cf. Chalcides sp." 8
†Smithosaurus echzellensis 2
Anguinae indet.15
Anguidae indet.77
Squamata indet.5
†Bavarioboa cf. hermi 47
†Natrix longivertebrata 1
Colubrinae indet./“Colubrinae” indet.70
†Naja cf. romani 54
Colubrinae indet./sensu lato57
Serpentes indet.56