Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 4)
Basic information
Sample name: Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 4)
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
Latlng basis: stated in text
Time interval: Holocene
Section: 3798
Unit number: 3
Unit order: above to below
Ma: 0.00493
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 1-7 are of Holocene age". There is a single radiocarbon date of 4930 ± 75 on a postcranium skeleton from Bed 5.
"Beds 1-7 are of Holocene age". There is a single radiocarbon date of 4930 ± 75 on a postcranium skeleton from Bed 5.
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 4 comprises gray to light gray loose clayey sand with limestone 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: bats, carnivores, rodents, ungulates, other small mammals, birds, frogs, fishes
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 3207 specimens
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Metadata
Sample no: 4136
Contributor no: Benjamin Carter
Enterer: Benjamin Carter
Created: 2023-02-27 16:19:41
Modified: 2023-05-30 05:51:19
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
29 species
1 singleton
total count 3207
geometric series index: 34.6
Fisher's α: 4.398
geometric series k: 0.8007
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8076
Shannon's H: 2.0386
Good's u: 0.9997
Register
| Talpa europaea (European mole) | 6 | |
| Sorex sp. | 38 | |
| Chiroptera indet. | 13 | |
| Ochotona pusilla (steppe pika) | 2 | |
| Lepus sp. | 15 | |
| Sciurus vulgaris (Eurasian red squirrel) | 19 | 311.0 g |
| Eutamias sibiricus (Siberian chipmunk) | 6 | |
| "Tamias sibiricus" | ||
| Castor fiber | 6 | |
| Sicista sp. | 3 | |
| Craseomys rufocanus (grey red-backed vole) | 250 | |
| "Clethrionomys rufocanus" | ||
| Clethrionomys rutilus (northern red-backed vole) | 412 | 19.5 g |
| Lagurus lagurus | 4 | |
| Dicrostonyx sp. | 70 | |
| "ex gr. gulielmi-torquatus" | ||
| Lemmus sp. | 191 | |
| Arvicola amphibius (Eurasian water vole) | 11 | |
| "Arvicola terrestris" | ||
| Stenocranius gregalis | 12 | |
| "Microtus gregalis" | ||
| Alexandromys oeconomus (tundra vole) | 52 | |
| "Microtus oeconomus" | ||
| Microtus agrestis | 46 | |
| also 506 "Microtus" sp. | ||
| Alexandromys middendorffi (Middendorff's vole) | 6 | |
| "Microtus middendorffii" | ||
| Ursus arctos (brown bear) | 1 | |
| Martes sp. | 17 | |
| Lutra lutra (Eurasian otter) | 3 | 6.1 kg |
| Mustela erminea (stoat) | 3 | |
| Mustela nivalis (least weasel) | 6 | 61.7 g |
| also 5 Mustela sp. | ||
| Alces alces (moose) | 2 | 421.0 kg |
| Rangifer tarandus (reindeer) | 13 | 69.0 kg |
| Aves indet. | 1010 | |
| Rana sp. | 190 | |
| Pisces indet. | 800 | |