Le Clot
Basic information
Sample name: Le Clot

Reference: B. Marandat, S. Adnet, L. Marivaux, A. Martinez, M. Vianey-Liaud, and R. Tabuce. 2012. A new mammalian fauna from the earliest Eocene (Ilerdian) of the Corbières (Southern France): palaeobiogeographical implications. Swiss Journal of Geosciences 105:417-434 [ER 3924]
Geography
Country: France

State: Occitania

County: Corbières

Coordinate: 43.006° N, 2.699° E
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Early Eocene

Zone: MP7

Max Ma: 54.3

Min Ma: 54.1

Age basis: other

Geography comments: about 3 km WNW of Albas based on Tabuce et al. (2025, Fig. S1): coordinate estimated based on this map
correlated with the earliest Eocene (MP7)
between 54.3 and 54.1 Ma based on foram and nanofossil biotstratigraphy but carbon chemostratigraphy according to Tabuce et al. (2025)

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Environment
Lithology: marl

Habitat comments: "grey/white marls" situated 300m above the first marine level of the Ilerdian
Paleoenvironmental/taphonomic information is poorly described. Possibly "Lagoonal and/or marine?"

Methods
Life forms: bats, rodents, ungulates, other small mammals

Sampling methods: screenwash

Sample size: 118 specimens

Sampled by: A. Martinez

Net or trap nights: 0

kg screened: 600

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: ~600 kg of sediment was screenwashed
precise methods are not described
the faunal list and counts are based on the revised version given by Tabuce et al. (2025, ER 4434)

Metadata
Sample no: 4325

Contributor no: Jack Nesbitt

Enterer: Jack Nesbitt

Modifier no: John Alroy

Created: 2023-07-06 15:34:03

Modified: 2025-12-15 03:46:46

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
8 species
1 singleton
total count 118
geometric series index: 11.4
Fisher's α: 1.94
geometric series k: 0.6245
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6804
Shannon's H: 1.4263
Good's u: 0.9917
Register
†Peratherium constans (herpetotheriid)7
†Peratherium musivum (herpetotheriid)2
†Ectypodus ? riansensis (multituberculate)4
Leptacodon sp. 11
questionably assigned
†Paschatherium plaziati (louisinid)36
†Lessnessina praecipuus (hyopsodontid)3
Eochiroptera indet.1
†Corbarimys hottingeri (ischyromyid)54
a paramyid is listed by Marandat et al. (2012) but omitted by Tabuce et al. (2025)