Kamac Mayu
Basic information
Sample name: Kamac Mayu

Reference: R. O. Labarca. 2009. El yacimiento paleontológico \"Kamac Mayu\": tafonomía y procesos de formación en el Cuaternario kârstico de la Cuenca de Calama (Región de Antofagasta-Chile). Ameghiniana 46(1):3-16 [ER 3385]
Geography
Country: Chile


Coordinate: 22° 28' S, 68° 56' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Late Pleistocene

Geography comments: shown on a map at the eastern edge of the Cuenca de Calama (coordinate based on Calama)
there are no dates for this site, which is interpreted as Late Pleistocene based on faunal composition
however, there are two Late Pleistocene dates for the nearby site of Betecsa-1

Environment
Lithology: sandstone

Taphonomic context: fluvial deposit

Habitat comments: an allochthonous channel fill, and specifically "an exocarstic formation originated by dissolution, moulded over the superior share of loam deposits and filled up with pebbly sandstone and sandstone"

Methods
Life forms: ungulates,other large mammals

Sampling methods: quarry

Sample size: 154 specimens

Years: 2004

Sampling comments: gastropods, ostracods, and plant remains are also present

Metadata
Sample number: 3759

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2021-06-05 15:54:41

Modified: 2021-06-05 06:02:34

Abundance distribution
4 species
0 singletons
total count 154
geometric series index: 4.3
Fisher's α: 0.751
geometric series k: 0.3857
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.3524
Shannon's H: 0.7294
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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