Devínska Nová Ves - Bonanza
Basic information
Sample name: Devínska Nová Ves - Bonanza

Sample aka: DNV - Bonanza

Reference: S. Jovells-Vaqué, I. Bonilla-Salomón, O. Mazgút, S. Cermák, A. H. Luján, P. Joniak, and M. Sabol. 2023. Cricetid, eomyid and murid fauna from the Middle Miocene site (MN6) of Devínska Nová Ves - Bonanza (Slovakia). Geobios 79:1-15 [ER 4087]
Geography
Country: Slovakia



Coordinate: 48° 12' 13" N, 17° 0' 11" E
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Scale: quarry

Time interval: Middle Miocene

Zone: MN6

Geography comments: "in the former Stokeravská vápenka (=Stockerau limestone quarry), situated in the northern slope of Devínska Kobyla Hill near the Village of Devínska Nová Ves"
"Middle Miocene, MN6... The DNV–Bonanza site is dated approximately around 13.8 Ma" but the method used to obtain the date is not discussed

Environment
Lithology: sandstone

Taphonomic context: fissure fill

Habitat comments: "This site is a fissure filling with high probability of Badenian sediment infill... Marine sands, sandstones, and large limestone boulders fill the fissure"

Methods
Life forms: rodents

Sample size: 44 specimens

Years: 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002

Museum: Comenius University, Slovak Natural Museum

Sampling comments: "discovered by amateur paleontologist S. Meszáros in 1982" but "The micromammal assemblage described in this work comes from the thorough excavations that took place during the years 1997-1998, 2001, and 2002"
collecting methods such as screenwashing aren't mentioned
the specimens are at the Comenius University in Bratislava and Slovak Natural Museum - Natural History Museum
Holec et al. (1987) describe an initial collection including fishes, frogs, salamanders, lizards, snakes, Pristiphoca ventusta, Lagomeryx ? parvulus, a talpid, Eumyarion, Plesictis, and Zyglolophodon turicensis, but it is not clear which of these are present in the new collection

Metadata
Sample number: 4514

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2024-11-22 10:45:27

Modified: 2024-11-22 10:45:27

Abundance distribution
7 species
3 singletons
total count 44
geometric series index: 15.4
Fisher's α: 2.346
geometric series k: 0.5888
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6321
Shannon's H: 1.3315
Good's u: 0.9329
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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