Chernyshevskaya-III Cave (layer 3)
Basic information
Sample name: Chernyshevskaya-III Cave (layer 3)
Reference: E. A. Kuzmina and A. I. Ulitko. 2021. Small mammals (Rodentia, Lagomorpha, Carnivora) of the southern Trans-Urals in the Atlantic period of the Holocene. Biology Bulletin 48(7):1146-1150 [ER 3934]
Geography
Country: Russia
Coordinate: 52° 38' N, 58° 53' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Time interval: Holocene
Ma: 0.00521
Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)
Geography comments: in the "Kizil district, Chelyabinsk oblast"
there is a date of 5210 +/- 90 BP (uncalibrated) "from collagen isolated from bone debris"
there is a date of 5210 +/- 90 BP (uncalibrated) "from collagen isolated from bone debris"
Environment
Lithology: siliciclastic (mixed)
Taphonomic context: cave
Habitat comments: "light brown sandy loam with a small inclusion of rubble"
thought to be accumulated by "birds of prey and mammals" because these are "cave loose deposits", but there is no direct evidence to support this idea
thought to be accumulated by "birds of prey and mammals" because these are "cave loose deposits", but there is no direct evidence to support this idea
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,other small mammals
Sampling methods: screenwash
Sample size: 2646 specimens
Sampling comments: sieved with a 1 x 1 mm mesh
Metadata
Sample number: 4338
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-08-11 15:18:06
Modified: 2023-08-11 05:18:06
Abundance distribution
27 species
3 singletons
total count 2646
geometric series index: 35.2
Fisher's α: 4.186
geometric series k: 0.7804
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8435
Shannon's H: 2.1353
Good's u: 0.9989
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Register
| Mustela nivalis | 4 | 73.2 g carnivore |
| Mustela erminea | 4 | 121 g |
| Mustela putorius | 3 | 681 g carnivore |
| "Mustela (Putorius) sp., ferret" | ||
| Martes sp. | 1 | |
| Vulpes vulpes | 7 | 5.3 kg carnivore-insectivore |
| Vulpes corsac | 4 | |
| Lepus timidus | 10 | |
| Ochotona pusilla | 59 | |
| Spermophilus cf. pygmaeus | 41 | |
| Spermophilus cf. major | 1 | |
| Marmota bobak | 1 | |
| Sicista sp. | 255 | |
| Apodemus agrarius | 7 | |
| Apodemus uralensis | 2 | |
| "Sylvaemus uralensis" | ||
| Nothocricetulus migratorius | 8 | |
| "Cricetulus migratorius" | ||
| Allocricetulus eversmanni | 5 | |
| Cricetus cricetus | 374 | |
| Ellobius talpinus | 339 | |
| Myodes glareolus | 24 | |
| "Clethrionomys glareolus" | ||
| Myodes rutilus | 23 | 19.5 g |
| "Clethrionomys rutilus" | ||
| Lagurus lagurus | 587 | |
| Eolagurus luteus | 2 | |
| Arvicola amphibius | 88 | |
| "Arvicola terrestris" | ||
| Stenocranius gregalis | 631 | |
| "Lasiopodomys (Stenocranius) gregalis" | ||
| Alexandromys oeconomus | 30 | 36.5 g |
| "Microtus oeconomus" | ||
| Microtus agrestis | 3 | |
| Microtus arvalis | 133 | |
| sensu lato | ||