Alcalá del Júcar
Basic information
Sample name: Alcalá del Júcar
Reference: A. V. Mazo. 1997. El yacimiento Rusciniense de Alcala del Jucar (Albacete). Taxonomica y biostratigrafia. Estudios Geológicos 53(5-6):285-286 [ER 4023]
Geography
Country: Spain
State: Albacete
Coordinate: 39° 12' N, 1° 26' W
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark
Formation: Alcalá del Júcar
Time interval: Early Pliocene
Zone: MN15
Geography comments: about 1.5 km west of Alcalá del Júcar (basis of coordinate) in the Rincón de San Lorenzo
Environment
Lithology: siltstone
Habitat comments: "en la formación lacustre de margas y calizas arcillosas de Alcalá del Júcar" with the vertebrates coming from "un nivel de limos grises y rojizos con intercalaciones centimétricas de calizas limosas compactas" (presumably not lacustrine)
Methods
Life forms: rodents, ungulates, other small mammals
Excluded forms: other small mammals, crustaceans, snails
Sampling methods: quarry, screenwash
Sample size: 24 specimens
Years: 1990
Net or trap nights: 0
kg screened: 200
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: a salvage excavation: the site was discovered in 1990 during the construction of a house on the property of D. Francisco Torres
200 kg of sediment was screenwashed
the material in the Museo Provincial de Albacete except for the proboscidean teeth, which were retained by Torres
an indeterminate and undescribed talpid, gastropods, and crustaceans are also present
200 kg of sediment was screenwashed
the material in the Museo Provincial de Albacete except for the proboscidean teeth, which were retained by Torres
an indeterminate and undescribed talpid, gastropods, and crustaceans are also present
Metadata
Sample no: 4439
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Modifier no: John Alroy
Created: 2024-11-09 23:36:52
Modified: 2025-09-02 07:35:25
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
6 species
4 singletons
total count 24
geometric series index: 20.2
Fisher's α: 2.568
geometric series k: 0.5987
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5978
Shannon's H: 1.2211
Good's u: 0.8333
Register
| †Apodemus dominans | 1 | |
| †Castillomys crusafonti | 1 | |
| Cricetus barrieri = †Apocricetus barrierei | 1 | |
| †Anancus arvernensis | 7 | |
| Stephanorhinus miguelcrusafonti = †Pliorhinus miguelcrusafonti (rhinoceros) | 1 | |
| 7 specimens presumed to represent one individual | ||
| Parabos sp. | 13 | |