Villarroya 88-89
Basic information
Sample name: Villarroya 88-89
Reference: S. Jiménez García, S. Martín de Jesús, and E. M. Jiménez Fuentes. 1999. Primeros resultados de la excavación "Villarroya 88-89" (La Rioja, España). Studia Geologica Salamanticensia 35:41-56 [ER 4022]
Geography
Country: Spain
State: La Rioja
Coordinate: 42.11° N, -2.08° W
Latlng basis: estimated from map
Time interval: Late Pliocene
Zone: MN16
Geography comments: "en el fondo del llamado barranco del Vallejo, cerca del lugar conocido por La Horna o barranco de los Huesos, a unos 3 km al SW del pueblo de Villarroya" near the border of Muro de Aguas municipality
coordinate estimated from a map of this area
MN16a (early MN16 is Pliocene, late MN16b ranges into the Early Pleistocene)
coordinate estimated from a map of this area
MN16a (early MN16 is Pliocene, late MN16b ranges into the Early Pleistocene)
Environment
Lithology: claystone
Taphonomic context: fluvial deposit, paleosol
Habitat comments: from a "ganga arcillo-arenosa, ligeramente carbonatada" (sandy-clay loam, slightly carbonated) in a fluvial channel
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, ungulates
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 48 specimens
Years: 1988 - 1989
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: this is a new collection from the classic locality of Villarroya: there were four earlier major excavations
these specimens are reposited at the Universidad de Salamanca
two cubic meters were excavated
these specimens are reposited at the Universidad de Salamanca
two cubic meters were excavated
Metadata
Sample no: 4438
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2024-11-09 23:10:58
Modified: 2024-11-09 23:10:58
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
8 species
1 singleton
total count 48
geometric series index: 12.7
Fisher's α: 2.741
geometric series k: 0.7147
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7349
Shannon's H: 1.6484
Good's u: 0.9808
Register
| †Plesiohipparion rocinantis (horse) | 21 | |
| †Megantereon cultridens (saber-toothed cat) | 1 | |
| †Vulpes alopecoides (fox) | 2 | |
| plus 1 medium-sized carnivore femur | ||
| †Croizetoceros ramosus | 7 | |
| †Cervus perrieri (deer) | 3 | |
| plus 34 Cervidae indet. | ||
| †Gazella borbonica (gazelle) | 9 | |
| includes 7 probably specimens probably belonging to this species | ||
| †Gazellospira torticornis (bovid) | 2 | |
| †Leptobos elatus | 3 | |
| plus 7 Bovidae indet. and numerous indeterminate artiodactyl and mammal fossils | ||