Harrodsburg Crevice
Basic information
Sample name: Harrodsburg Crevice

Reference: M. R. Smith and P. D. Polly. 2013. A reevaluation of the Harrodsburg Crevice fauna (late Pleistocene of Indiana, U.S.A.) and the climatic implications of its mammals. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(2):410-420 [ER 3127]
Geography
Country: United States

State: Indiana


Coordinate: 39.036° N, -86.535° W
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Time interval: Late Pleistocene

Max Ma: 0.124

Min Ma: 0.119

Age basis: zone

Geography comments: "10 km south of central Bloomington, in a road cut on the east side of Indiana State Highway 37"
a reported radiocarbon date is dismissed, and the fauna is assigned to the Sangamonian or "MIS 5e, 120 ka" based on biostratigraphy (dates follow Wikipedia)

Environment
Lithology: limestone

Taphonomic context: cave,pitfall trap

Habitat comments: "partially exposed, undisturbed mass of bone embedded in a beige-clay limestone, detritus-travertine matrix" and "the assemblage is consistent with a natural trap"

Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other small mammals,snakes

Sampling methods: quarry

Sample size: 1021 specimens

Years: 1974, 1975

Metadata
Sample number: 3415

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2019-08-31 14:07:16

Modified: 2019-08-31 04:17:39

Abundance distribution
23 species
3 singletons
total count 1021
extrapolated richness: 31.3
Fisher's α: 4.180
geometric series k: 0.7610
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7549
Shannon's H: 1.8780
Good's u: 0.9971
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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