Dinero
Basic information
Sample name: Dinero

Sample aka: Sweeney Switch; Swinney Switch; TMM 21263

Reference: J. A. Baskin and R. C. Hulbert Jr. 2012. A late Clarendonian local fauna from the Goliad Formation of south Texas. Paludicola 8(4):187-193 [ER 4092]
Geography
Country: United States

State: Texas

County: Live Oak

Coordinate: 28.25° N, -97.92° W
Latlng basis: estimated from map

Formation: Goliad

Time interval: Late Miocene

Geography comments: "at Sweeney [sic] Switch on roadcut hwy 9, George West to Dinero Rd., Live Oak County" (see Quinn 1955) or "at the intersection of Farm roads 534 and 3024, 20 km northwest of Mathis" (present work) (coordinate based on Swinney Switch)
from "the middle part of the Goliad Sand" and "late Clarendonian"

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Environment
Lithology: sandstone

Habitat comments: "coarse, cross-bedded sands that are held together by calcite cement"

Methods
Life forms: rodents, ungulates

Sample size: 26 specimens

Museum: TMM

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: this collection was previously mentioned by Quinn (1955), Forsten (1975), and Baskin and Hulbert (2008)

Metadata
Sample no: 4516

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2024-11-24 03:54:27

Modified: 2024-11-24 03:54:27

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
4 species
0 singleton
total count 26
geometric series index: 5.3
Fisher's α: 1.32
geometric series k: 0.6934
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6492
Shannon's H: 1.2048
Good's u: 1
Register
†Ceratogaulus cf. anecdotus 2
†Pseudhipparion skinneri (horse)12
†Cormohipparion cf. ingenuum (horse)8
†Calippus cf. cerasinus (horse)4