Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 11)
Basic information
Sample name: Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 11)
Reference: T. V. Strukova, O. P. Bachura, A. V. Borodin, and V. V. Stefanovskii. 2006. Mammal fauna first found in alluvial-speleogenic formations of the late Neopleistocene and Holocene, northern Urals, locality Cheremukhovo-1. Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation 14(1):91-101 [ER 3798]
Geography
Country: Russia
State: Sverdlovsk Oblast
Coordinate: 60° 24' 3" N, 60° 3' 26" E
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Time interval: Late Pleistocene
Section: 3798
Unit number: 10
Unit order: above to below
Max Ma: 0.0315
Min Ma: 0.02515
Age basis: radiocarbon
Geography comments: "Cheremukhovo-1 is one of several karst caves of the Chertovo Gordishche rocky massif situated on the Sos’va River, 3.5 km upstream of the Shegul’tan River mouth in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia".
Beds 9-12 accumulated during the Late Pleistocene, with dates ranging from 31,500 ± 1200 to 25,150 ± 500 BP.
Beds 9-12 accumulated during the Late Pleistocene, with dates ranging from 31,500 ± 1200 to 25,150 ± 500 BP.
Environment
Lithology: sandstone
Taphonomic context: cave
Habitat comments: "The cave is situated 5.5 m above the river flood plain, and is 32 m long in total. Bed 11 consists of brownish gray clayey compacted sand with abundant limestone boulders and debris. The faunal remains represent a typical cave burial in terms of bone sets and their preservation state. Lithic artifacts consist of 21 items of knapped flint found only in two beds: 20 from Bed 7 and one from Bed 10".
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other small mammals,birds,frogs,fishes
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 497 specimens
Metadata
Sample number: 4143
Contributor: Benjamin Carter
Enterer: Benjamin Carter
Created: 2023-02-27 16:55:16
Modified: 2023-05-30 05:50:56
Abundance distribution
17 species
3 singletons
total count 497
geometric series index: 24.5
Fisher's α: 3.407
geometric series k: 0.7149
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7580
Shannon's H: 1.8589
Good's u: 0.9940
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| Sorex sp. | 3 | |
| Ochotona pusilla | 13 | |
| Lepus timidus | 37 | |
| "Lepus tanaiticus" | ||
| Spermophilus sp. | 1 | |
| †Dicrostonyx gulielmi | 215 | |
| Lemmus sibiricus | 76 | 43.7 g |
| Stenocranius gregalis | 32 | |
| "Microtus gregalis" | ||
| Alexandromys middendorffi | 4 | |
| "Microtus middendorffii"; also 123 "Microtus" sp. | ||
| Vulpes lagopus | 7 | 3.3 kg |
| "Alopex lagopus" | ||
| Mustela erminea | 1 | 121 g |
| Mustela nivalis | 8 | 77.5 g carnivore |
| Equus ferus uralensis | 2 | 422 kg |
| Rangifer tarandus | 8 | 69 kg browser |
| †Bison priscus | 2 | |
| Aves indet. | 20 | |
| Rana sp. | 1 | |
| Pisces indet. | 67 | |