Schulze Cave (layer B)
Basic information
Sample name: Schulze Cave (layer B)
Reference: W. W. Dalquest, E. Roth, and F. Judd. 1969. The mammal fauna of Schulze Cave, Edwards County, Texas. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 13(4):205-276 [ER 3217]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Texas
County: Edwards
Coordinate: 30.3° N, -99.9° W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Holocene
Section: 3217
Unit number: 1
Unit order: above to below
Ma: 0.003826
Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)
Geography comments: "approximately 28 miles northeast of the town of Rock Springs.... about 0.5 miles east of... Paint Creek, and approximately 3.8 miles due east of the Rigsby Triangulation Station" (coordinate estimated from map based on the location of Telegraph, which is 31.4 miles northeast of Rock Springs)
"A carbon 14 determination" of 3,826 +/- 208 years BP is based on charcoal from beneath one of the skulls in layer B (presumed to be uncalibrated because the error is symmetrically distributed)
"A carbon 14 determination" of 3,826 +/- 208 years BP is based on charcoal from beneath one of the skulls in layer B (presumed to be uncalibrated because the error is symmetrically distributed)
Environment
Lithology: mudstone
Taphonomic context: bird accumulation,cave,fluvial deposit
Habitat comments: a "sinkhole"
layer C is a "fine-grained, brown, clay-like material rich in carbonate grit" and layer B is "composed largely of limestone boulders and cobbles with some institial mud matrix"
"Most of the small mammals were probably brought to the site as prey of barn owls... Bones of larger mammals were either washed into the cave or brought in by wood rats"
layer C is a "fine-grained, brown, clay-like material rich in carbonate grit" and layer B is "composed largely of limestone boulders and cobbles with some institial mud matrix"
"Most of the small mammals were probably brought to the site as prey of barn owls... Bones of larger mammals were either washed into the cave or brought in by wood rats"
Methods
Life forms: bats,carnivores,primates,rodents,ungulates,other small mammals
Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash
Sample size: 983 specimens
Sampling comments: matrix was washed, but no details are given
"Human remains were scattered" throughout layer B, and "Included were six skulls and quantities of post-cranial remains"
"Human remains were scattered" throughout layer B, and "Included were six skulls and quantities of post-cranial remains"
Metadata
Sample number: 3535
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-12 12:19:08
Modified: 2023-04-29 01:58:45
Abundance distribution
26 species
8 singletons
total count 983
geometric series index: 45.1
Fisher's α: 4.900
geometric series k: 0.7957
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8157
Shannon's H: 2.0655
Good's u: 0.9919
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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| Didelphis virginiana | 1 | 1.1 kg insectivore-carnivore |
| "Didelphis marsupialis" | ||
| Notiosorex crawfordi | 26 | |
| Myotis velifer | 67 | 8.6 g insectivore |
| Homo sapiens | 6 | 64 kg |
| Sylvilagus floridanus | 9 | 1.1 kg herbivore |
| Lepus californicus | 3 | 2.1 kg |
| Thomomys umbrinus | 1 | |
| Geomys bursarius | 33 | |
| Perognathus merriami | 223 | |
| Chaetodipus hispidus | 158 | 31.6 g |
| "Perognathus hispidus" | ||
| Reithrodontomys montanus | 2 | |
| Reithrodontomys fulvescens | 7 | 11.5 g |
| Peromyscus leucopus | 14 | 21.0 g |
| Peromyscus boylii | 2 | 23.2 g |
| Peromyscus pectoralis | 43 | |
| Onychomys leucogaster | 43 | 34.7 g |
| Sigmodon hispidus | 303 | 89.4 g |
| Neotoma micropus | 32 | 294 g |
| Neotoma albigula | 2 | 176 g |
| Canis latrans | 1 | 12 kg carnivore-insectivore |
| Canis lupus familiaris | 2 | 43 kg carnivore |
| "Canis familiaris" | ||
| Ursus arctos horribilis | 1 | 156 kg frugivore-carnivore |
| "Ursus horribilis" | ||
| Neogale frenata | 1 | 144 g carnivore |
| "Mustela frenata" | ||
| Mephitis mephitis | 1 | 1.5 kg carnivore-insectivore |
| Panthera onca | 1 | 65 kg carnivore |
| "Felis onca" | ||
| Odocoileus virginianus | 1 | 75 kg herbivore |