Mokra-Western Quarry
Basic information
Sample name: Mokra-Western Quarry
Reference: M. Ivanov. 2008. Early Miocene Amphibians (Caudata, Salientia) from the Mokrá-Western Quarry (Czech Republic) with comments on the evolution of Early Miocene amphibian assemblages in Central Europe. Geobios 41:465-492 [ER 4276]
Geography
Country: Czech Republic
Coordinate: 49.27° N, 16.73° E
Latlng basis: estimated from map
Scale: quarry
Time interval: Early Miocene
Zone: MN4
Geography comments: "The Mokrá open-cast mine is located about 12 km ENE of the city of Brno on the Mokrá Plateau (420450 m a.s.l.), itself situated in the southern part of the Drahany Upland (Moravia, Czech Republic)"
Environment
Lithology: claystone
Taphonomic context: fissure fill
Habitat comments: "It is made up predominantly of Devonian carbonates passing into Lower Carboniferous flyschs facies. The western part of the Mokrá Plateau is intensively
karstificated"
"They consist of fine, sandy clays of lacustrine origin with mammal Zone MN 4"
"Both lacustrine clays and faunal assemblage indicate proximity to a freshwater
basin with sandy shores and dense vegetation in rather warm and humid conditions"
karstificated"
"They consist of fine, sandy clays of lacustrine origin with mammal Zone MN 4"
"Both lacustrine clays and faunal assemblage indicate proximity to a freshwater
basin with sandy shores and dense vegetation in rather warm and humid conditions"
Methods
Life forms: salamanders, frogs, frogs
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 480 specimens
Museum: Moravian Museum, Brno
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Metadata
Sample no: 4659
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: Nicholas Vine
Modifier no: Nicholas Vine
Created: 2025-02-08 03:48:08
Modified: 2025-02-08 03:49:12
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
13 species
1 singleton
total count 480
geometric series index: 16.4
Fisher's α: 2.463
geometric series k: 0.6756
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7344
Shannon's H: 1.7328
Good's u: 0.9979
Register
| Mioproteus sp. | 2 | |
| Chelotriton sp., type I | 221 | |
| Chelotriton sp., type II | 11 | |
| Triturus aff. roehrsi | 8 | |
| Triturus cf. marmoratus | 55 | |
| Triturus sp. (T. cristatus species group) | 70 | |
| Chioglossa meini | 2 | |
| Mertensiella mera | 29 | |
| Mertensiella sp. | 1 | |
| Salamandridae indet. | 55 | |
| †Pelobates sanchizi | 12 | |
| Rana sp. | 7 | |
| Bufo sp. | 7 | |