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: 53° 38' N, 59° 53' E
Latlng 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"

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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

Methods
Life forms: carnivores, rodents, other small mammals

Sampling methods: screenwash

Sample size: 2646 specimens

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: sieved with a 1 x 1 mm mesh

Metadata
Sample no: 4338

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2023-08-11 15:18:06

Modified: 2023-08-11 05:18:06

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
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
Register
Mustela nivalis (least weasel)461.7 g
Mustela erminea (stoat)4
Mustela putorius (European polecat)3
"Mustela (Putorius) sp., ferret"
Martes sp. 1
Vulpes vulpes (red fox)7
Vulpes corsac (Corsac fox)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
"Clethrionomys rutilus"
Lagurus lagurus 587
Eolagurus luteus 2
Arvicola amphibius 88
"Arvicola terrestris"
Stenocranius gregalis 631
"Lasiopodomys (Stenocranius) gregalis"
Alexandromys oeconomus 30
"Microtus oeconomus"
Microtus agrestis 3
Microtus arvalis 133
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