Schuiling Cave
Basic information
Sample name: Schuiling Cave
Reference: T. Downs, H. Howard, T. Clements, and G. A. Smith. 1959. Quaternary animals from Schuiling Cave in the Mohave Desert, California. Los Angeles County Museum Contributions in Science 29:1-21 [ER 3208]
Geography
Country: United States
State: California
Coordinate: 34.81° N, -116.66° W
Basis of coordinate: stated in text
Geography comments: "two miles southeast of Newberry... in the SW1/4, NE1/4, Sec. 9, T8N, R3E... approximately 2160 feet above sea level"
"late Pleistocene" based on the fauna and geology, with no dates because there was "an insufficient quantity of carbon"
"late Pleistocene" based on the fauna and geology, with no dates because there was "an insufficient quantity of carbon"
Climate and habitat
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: aeolian deposit, cave, fluvial deposit
Habitat comments: "unconsolidated angular fragments, mostly of rhyolite, in a matrix of finer particles of the same material, and fine aeolian dust... much of the material is alluvial fill"
there were "human remains from the top layers (24-30 inches)" but "Extinct animals" were "below the human remains"
there were "human remains from the top layers (24-30 inches)" but "Extinct animals" were "below the human remains"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, rodents, ungulates, birds, lizards, snakes, turtles
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 88
Years: 1953
Sampling comments: screenwashing is not discussed
Metadata
Sample: 3519
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-11 10:25:42
Modified: 2019-09-12 10:23:05
Abundance distribution
28 species
13 singletons
total count 88
Fisher's α: 14.176
geometric series k: 0.8904
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8843
Shannon's H: 2.7306
Good's u: 0.8541
Register
| Gopherus agassizi | 1 | |
| "Many frags., 1 partial carapace" | ||
| Sauromalus obesus | 4 | |
| Crotalus sp. | 2 | |
| Anas cf. platyrhynchos | 1 | 35.3 g granivore |
| Anas cf. carolinensis | 1 | |
| Mareca ? americana | 1 | |
| Aythya cf. americana | 2 | 1.1 kg |
| "Nyoca cf. americana" | ||
| Oxyura jamaicensis | 1 | 629 g |
| Mergus merganser | 1 | 1.7 kg piscivore |
| Gymnogyps amplus | 2 | |
| Aquila chrysaetos | 1 | 3.9 kg carnivore |
| Buteo jamaicensis | 2 | 30.4 g carnivore |
| Fulica americana | 4 | 724 g |
| Recurvirostra americana | 1 | 307 g |
| Zenaidura macroura | 1 | |
| Bubo virginianus | 5 | 34.0 g carnivore |
| Colaptes cafer | 1 | |
| Corvus corax | 1 | omnivore |
| Perognathinae indet. | 2 | |
| "Perognathus sp." | ||
| Neotoma sp. | 3 | |
| Taxidea cf. taxus | 15 | 7.0 kg carnivore |
| Canis cf. lupus | 1 | 44 kg carnivore |
| Urocyon sp. | 2 | |
| Equus sp. small | 23 | |
| Equus sp. large | 1 | |
| Hemiauchenia sp. | 4 | |
| compared to "Tanupolama" | ||
| Camelidae indet. large | 3 | |
| Capromeryx sp. | 2 | |
| "Breameryx sp." | ||