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
Coordinate 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.

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

Metadata
Sample number: 4136

Contributor: Benjamin Carter

Enterer: Benjamin Carter

Created: 2023-02-27 16:19:41

Modified: 2023-05-30 05:51:19

Abundance distribution
29 species
1 singleton
total count 3207
extrapolated richness: 34.6
Fisher's α: 4.398
geometric series k: 0.7811
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8076
Shannon's H: 2.0386
Good's u: 0.9997
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Talpa europaea6
Sorex sp.38
Chiroptera indet.13
Ochotona pusilla2
Lepus sp.15
Sciurus vulgaris19311 g
Eutamias sibiricus6
"Tamias sibiricus"
Castor fiber6
Sicista sp.3
Myodes rufocanus250
"Clethrionomys rufocanus"
Myodes rutilus41219.5 g
"Clethrionomys rutilus"
Lagurus lagurus4
Dicrostonyx sp.70
"ex gr. gulielmi-torquatus"
Lemmus sp.191
Arvicola amphibius11
"Arvicola terrestris"
Stenocranius gregalis12
"Microtus gregalis"
Alexandromys oeconomus5236.5 g
"Microtus oeconomus"
Microtus agrestis46
also 506 "Microtus" sp.
Alexandromys middendorffi6
"Microtus middendorffii"
Ursus arctos1156 kg frugivore-carnivore
Martes sp.17
Lutra lutra36.1 kg piscivore-carnivore
Mustela erminea3121 g
Mustela nivalis677.5 g carnivore
also 5 Mustela sp.
Alces alces2421 kg herbivore
Rangifer tarandus1369 kg browser
Aves indet.1010
Rana sp.190
Pisces indet.800