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
Coordinate: 30.3° N, -99.9° W
Basis of coordinate: based on nearby landmark
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.
a "pelvis of a grizzly bear" from layer C1 was dated at 9, 680 +/- 700 years B.P.
Climate and habitat
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
Sampling methods: quarry, screenwash
Sample size: 3185
Sampling comments: matrix was washed, but no details are given
Metadata
Sample: 3536
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-12 12:24:26
Modified: 2019-09-12 21:11:00
Abundance distribution
50 species
14 singletons
total count 3185
standardised richness: 20.3
Fisher's α: 8.420
geometric series k: 0.8741
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8900
Shannon's H: 2.6363
Good's u: 0.9956
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