Matsugae
Basic information
Sample name: Matsugae
Reference: S. Ogino, H. Otsuka, and H. Harunari. 2009. The middle Pleistocene Matsugae fauna, northern Kyushu, West Japan. Paleontological Research 13(4):367-384 [ER 3855]
Geography
Country: Japan
Coordinate: 33.88° N, 130.97° E
Coordinate basis: estimated from map
Time interval: Middle Pleistocene
Zone: QM4
Max Ma: 0.63
Min Ma: 0.43
Age basis: zone
Geography comments: "in Kishi (Matsugae village, Moji-ku, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, northern Kyushu"
coordinated based on Matsugae Reservoir and estimated from a map
assigned based on biochronology to mammalian biozone QM4, which is supposed to span 0.63 to 0.43 Ma
coordinated based on Matsugae Reservoir and estimated from a map
assigned based on biochronology to mammalian biozone QM4, which is supposed to span 0.63 to 0.43 Ma
Environment
Lithology: limestone
Taphonomic context: cave
Habitat comments: a cave found in a Permian limestone quarry
all of the fossils are from a "bone bed" layer that includes "calcareous matrix"
probably a pitfall trap based on Figure 2
all of the fossils are from a "bone bed" layer that includes "calcareous matrix"
probably a pitfall trap based on Figure 2
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,primates,rodents,ungulates,other small mammals
Sample size: 50 specimens
Sampling comments: the fossils were collected in the 1930s and 1940s and "some were broken and lost during World War II", apparently including several of the species listed in Table 1 that are not represented by numbered specimens
Metadata
Sample number: 4221
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-04-10 21:46:59
Modified: 2023-04-10 11:46:59
Abundance distribution
13 species
3 singletons
total count 50
extrapolated richness: 24.8
Fisher's α: 5.705
geometric series k: 0.8026
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8514
Shannon's H: 2.2157
Good's u: 0.9424
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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Current reference:
Buss and Smith 1966 (ER 2040)