Schulze Cave (layer C1)
Basic information
Sample name: Schulze Cave (layer C1)
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
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Late Pleistocene
Section: 3217
Unit number: 2
Unit order: above to below
Ma: 0.00968
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 "pelvis of a grizzly bear" from layer C1 was dated at 9, 680 +/- 700 years B.P. (presumed to be uncalibrated because the error is symmetrically distributed)
a "pelvis of a grizzly bear" from layer C1 was dated at 9, 680 +/- 700 years B.P. (presumed to be uncalibrated because the error is symmetrically distributed)
Environment
Lithology: claystone
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"
"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"
"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
Excluded forms: turtles
Sampling methods: quarry, screenwash
Sample size: 3185 specimens
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: matrix was washed, but no details are given
Metadata
Sample no: 3536
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-12 12:24:26
Modified: 2023-04-29 01:58:42
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
50 species
14 singletons
total count 3185
geometric series index: 80.7
Fisher's α: 8.42
geometric series k: 0.8741
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.89
Shannon's H: 2.6363
Good's u: 0.9956
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