Robinson Cave
Basic information
Sample name: Robinson Cave
Reference: J. E. Guilday, H. W. Hamilton, and A. D. McCrady. 1969. The Pleistocene vertebrate fauna of Robinson Cave, Overton County, Tennessee. Palaeovertebrata 2:25-75 [ER 3207]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Tennessee
Coordinate: 36° 17' 25" N, 85° 22' 25" W
Basis of coordinate: stated in text
Geography comments: "on the Walter Robinson farm about 8 miles southwest of Livingston... altitude c. 1200 feet"
thought to include some material as old as "late Sangamon/early Wisconsin" age and to span "a rather long period of accumulation", but "The fauna as a whole indicates a temperate/boreal, probably open, woodland" instead of a mix of environments
thought to include some material as old as "late Sangamon/early Wisconsin" age and to span "a rather long period of accumulation", but "The fauna as a whole indicates a temperate/boreal, probably open, woodland" instead of a mix of environments
Climate and habitat
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: bird accumulation, cave
Habitat comments: the fauna "suggests a nocturnal predator such as an owl" accumulated the small mammals
Methods
Life forms: bats, carnivores, rodents, ungulates, other large mammals, other small mammals
Sample size: 6213
Years: 1962
Sampling comments: material is from three distinct sites in the cave
collecting methods are not discussed
MNIs but no specimen lists are given for salamanders, frogs, turtles, lizards, snakes, and birds
specimens of "Sangamona cf. furtiva" are excluded because they may represent Odocoileus virginianus
collecting methods are not discussed
MNIs but no specimen lists are given for salamanders, frogs, turtles, lizards, snakes, and birds
specimens of "Sangamona cf. furtiva" are excluded because they may represent Odocoileus virginianus
Metadata
Sample: 3518
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-10 22:39:43
Modified: 2019-09-10 23:00:12
Abundance distribution
46 species
8 singletons
total count 6213
standardised richness: 9.9
Fisher's α: 6.737
geometric series k: 0.8334
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6311
Shannon's H: 1.6857
Good's u: 0.9987
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