Edelbeuren-Schlachtberg
Basic information
Sample name: Edelbeuren-Schlachtberg
Reference: V. J. Sach. 1999. Litho- und biostratigraphische Untersuchungen in der Oberen Süsswassermolasse des Landkreises Biberach a. d. Riss (Oberschwaben). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B, Geologie und Paläontologie 276:1-167 [ER 4405]
Geography
Country: Germany
State: Baden-Württemberg
Coordinate: 48.09° N, 10.03° E
Coordinate basis: estimated from map
Scale: quarry
Time interval: Middle Miocene
Zone: MN5/6
Geography comments: from a filled sand pit about 500 south of the center of Edelburen (with a few hundred meters of Edelbeuren-Mauerkopf)
"from the upper part of MN 5 to MN 5/6"
"from the upper part of MN 5 to MN 5/6"
Environment
Lithology: claystone
Habitat comments: from two approximately 0.5 m thick layers consisting of clay and marl pebbles and small limestone and sandstone concretions (so mostly clay)
the palaeoenvironment is not indicated
the palaeoenvironment is not indicated
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other small mammals
Sample size: 39 specimens
Museum: Staatlichen Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart
Sampling comments: collection methods are not discussed
plants, snails, freshwater mussels, a fish skull, Trionyx sp, Testudo sp, and Diplocynodon sp. are also present
plants, snails, freshwater mussels, a fish skull, Trionyx sp, Testudo sp, and Diplocynodon sp. are also present
Metadata
Sample number: 4682
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2025-08-29 02:22:43
Modified: 2025-08-29 02:22:43
Abundance distribution
10 species
6 singletons
total count 39
geometric series index: 31.6
Fisher's α: 4.349
geometric series k: 0.7130
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6646
Shannon's H: 1.5912
Good's u: 0.8462
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Register
| Sciuridae indet. | 1 | |
| Steneofiber sp. | 1 | |
| Ochotonidae indet. | 4 | |
| Mustelidae indet. | 1 | |
| plus 3 Carnivora indet. | ||
| Rhinocerotidae indet. | 1 | |
| compared to | ||
| †Hyotherium cf. soemmeringi | 5 | |
| Cervidae indet. | 1 | |
| Heteroprox or Euprox, plus 3 unresolved Cervidae indet. | ||
| †Dicrocerus elegans | 3 | |
| Palaeomeryx sp. | 1 | |
| †Dorcatherium guntianum | 21 | |