Grotta Cucgiliana
Basic information
Sample name: Grotta Cucgiliana
Reference: S. Farina. 2011. Late Pleistocene mammals from Grotta Cucigliana (Monte Pisano, Italy). Atti della Società toscana di scienze naturali, Memorie, Serie B 118:67-74 [ER 3967]
Geography
Country: Italy
Coordinate: 44° 41' 14" N, 11° 33' 12" E
Latlng basis: stated in text
Time interval: Late Pleistocene
Max Ma: 0.074
Min Ma: 0.024
Age basis: zone
Geography comments: "in the small centre of Cucigliana, near Vicopisano"
the sample is divided into two assemblages called Cucigliana A and B strictly on a "paleoecological basis" and these are thought to respectively represent the "MIS 5a to MIS 4 transition" and "the beginning of MIS 3" based on biochronology
these are shown as spanning 74 ka to just over 59 ka and possibly as young as 24 ka (Fig. 3)
the sample is divided into two assemblages called Cucigliana A and B strictly on a "paleoecological basis" and these are thought to respectively represent the "MIS 5a to MIS 4 transition" and "the beginning of MIS 3" based on biochronology
these are shown as spanning 74 ka to just over 59 ka and possibly as young as 24 ka (Fig. 3)
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: cave
Habitat comments: a "karst" cave
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, primates, rodents, ungulates, other small mammals
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 917 specimens
Years: 1879
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: discovered in 1878 and initially excavated in 1879 (Acconci 1880), with later collections described by Del Campana (1912, 1914)
Metadata
Sample no: 4378
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-11-27 14:20:04
Modified: 2023-11-27 03:20:04
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
25 species
4 singletons
total count 917
geometric series index: 34.5
Fisher's α: 4.744
geometric series k: 0.7886
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8251
Shannon's H: 2.2001
Good's u: 0.9956
Register
| Erinaceus europaeus | 4 | |
| Arvicola amphibius | 8 | |
| Apodemus sp. | 1 | |
| sylvaticus-flavicollis group | ||
| Lepus sp. | 30 | |
| Meles meles (European badger) | 6 | 11.0 kg |
| Mustelidae indet. | 1 | |
| presumably another taxon | ||
| Canis lupus (gray wolf) | 10 | 43.0 kg |
| Canis aureus (golden jackal) | 1 | 9.9 kg |
| Vulpes vulpes (red fox) | 16 | |
| †Ursus spelaeus (cave bear) | 31 | |
| Ursus arctos (brown bear) | 3 | |
| Felis silvestris (European wildcat) | 3 | 4.5 kg |
| "Felis sylvestris" | ||
| Lynx lynx (Eurasian lynx) | 2 | |
| Panthera pardus (leopard) | 37 | |
| †Crocuta spelaea (hyena) | 299 | |
| "Crocuta crocuta spelaea" | ||
| †Stephanorhinus hemitoechus (narrow-nosed rhinoceros) | 11 | |
| Equus ferus (wild horse) | 84 | |
| Sus scrofa (pig) | 38 | |
| Capreolus capreolus (roe deer) | 16 | |
| Cervus elaphus (red deer) | 191 | |
| also 3 Cervus or Dama | ||
| Dama dama (European fallow deer) | 29 | |
| Rupicapra rupicapra (chamois) | 6 | 27.0 kg |
| †Bos primigenius (aurochs) | 87 | |
| †Palaeoloxodon antiquus (elephant) | 2 | |
| Homo sapiens (human) | 1 | 64.0 kg |