Qesem Cave (Concentration 1)
Basic information
Sample name: Qesem Cave (Concentration 1)
Reference: K. T. Smith, L. C. Maul, F. Flemming, R. Barkai, and A. Gopher. 2016. The microvertebrates of Qesem Cave: A comparison of the two concentrations. Quaternary International 398:233-245 [ER 2373]
Geography
Country: Israel
Coordinate: 32.11° N, 34.98° E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Middle Pleistocene
Ma: 0.265
Geography comments: "a sediment-filled karst chamber cave on the moderate western slopes of the Samaria hills" (coordinate based on Qesem Cave)
"roughly 250-280 ka"
"roughly 250-280 ka"
Environment
Substrate: ground surface
Habitat comments: lithology not discussed
Methods
Life forms: bats,rodents,other small mammals,lizards,snakes,turtles,frogs,fishes
Sampling methods: screenwash
Sample size: 5472 specimens
Years: 2006 - 2012
Sampling comments: "sediment was screenwashed using a 0.8 mm mesh size"
I have omitted Squamata indet., Soricidae indet., Chiroptera indet., and Rodentia indet. from the register
I have omitted Squamata indet., Soricidae indet., Chiroptera indet., and Rodentia indet. from the register
Metadata
Sample number: 2551
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2017-02-15 13:59:17
Modified: 2017-02-15 03:04:33
Abundance distribution
30 species
4 singletons
total count 5472
extrapolated richness: 40.2
Fisher's α: 4.179
geometric series k: 0.7616
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7043
Shannon's H: 1.6884
Good's u: 0.9993
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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Register
| Actinopterygii indet. | 1 | |
| Ranidae indet. | 24 | |
| Testudo graeca | 340 | |
| Laudakia vulgaris | 543 | |
| "Stellagama stellio" - reassignment based on geography (see Karameta et al. 2022) | ||
| Chamaeleo chamaeleon | 2695 | |
| Gekkonidae indet. | 6 | |
| Lacertidae indet. | 20 | |
| 2 species | ||
| Scincidae indet. | 2 | |
| Pseudopus sp. | 432 | |
| Eryx sp. | 1 | |
| cf | ||
| Colubroidea indet. | 35 | |
| 3+ species | ||
| Suncus etruscus | 4 | |
| Crocidura cf. leucodon | 141 | |
| Crocidurinae indet. | 5 | |
| large form | ||
| Rhinolophus ferrumequinum | 25 | 20.0 g insectivore |
| Rhinolophus euryale | 2 | 11.5 g |
| Rhinolophus mehelyi | 13 | 13.0 g |
| Miniopterus cf. schreibersii | 7 | 12.4 g insectivore |
| Myotis blythii | 2 | 24.6 g |
| Procavia capensis | 3 | 2.8 kg browser |
| Lepus cf. capensis | 1 | |
| Sciurus cf. anomalus | 2 | |
| Cricetulus sp. | 11 | |
| migratorius complex | ||
| Microtus guentheri | 980 | |
| Spalax sp. | 20 | |
| ehrenbergi complex | ||
| Dipodillus cf. dasyurus | 28 | |
| "Gerbillus cf. dasyurus" | ||
| Meriones cf. tristrami | 77 | |
| Gerbillidae indet. | 1 | |
| large form | ||
| Mus sp. | 19 | |
| musculus-macedonicus group | ||
| Apodemus sp. | 32 | |
| flavicollis group | ||
Current reference:
Shotwell 1968 (ER 3992)