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 kárstico de la Cuenca de Calama (Región de Antofagasta-Chile). Ameghiniana 46(1):3-16 [ER 3385]
Geography
Country: Chile

Coordinate: 22° 28' S, 69° 56' W
Latlng 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

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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

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

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

Metadata
Sample no: 3759

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

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

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

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
4 species
0 singleton
total count 154
geometric series index: 4.3
Fisher's α: 0.751
geometric series k: 0.4344
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.3524
Shannon's H: 0.7294
Good's u: 1
Register
†Macrauchenia cf. patachonica 122
Camelidae indet.15
†Hippidion saldiasi (horse)10
Xenarthra indet.7