Lang Trang (Cave II, breccia 5)
Basic information
Sample name: Lang Trang (Cave II, breccia 5)
Reference: V. T. Long, J. de Vos, and R. L. Ciochon. 1996. The fossil mammal fauna of the Lang Trang Caves, Vietnam, compared with southeast Asian fossil and Recent mammal faunas: the geographical implications. Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association Bulletin 14:101-109 [ER 3838]
Geography
Country: Vietnam
State: Thanh Hoa
Coordinate: 20° 21' 42" N, 105° 31' 42" E
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Time interval: Late Pleistocene
Max Ma: 0.1
Min Ma: 0.08
Age basis: other
Geography comments: "in Ba Tuoc district of Thanh Hoa Province" (Lopatin et al. 2021)
exact coordinate is given by Lopatin et al. (2021)
age estimate is given by Suraprasit et al. (2016, ZooKeys) and is apparently based on biochronology
exact coordinate is given by Lopatin et al. (2021)
age estimate is given by Suraprasit et al. (2016, ZooKeys) and is apparently based on biochronology
Environment
Lithology: breccia
Taphonomic context: cave
Habitat comments: "very hard, cemented 'breccias'" and specifically from "Cave II, breccia 5"
there are apparently no archaeological features
there are apparently no archaeological features
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,primates,rodents,ungulates
Sample size: 3250 specimens
Sampling comments: no details about collection methods are given
Metadata
Sample number: 4194
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-04-06 09:35:10
Modified: 2023-04-05 23:35:10
Abundance distribution
25 species
1 singleton
total count 3250
geometric series index: 29.6
Fisher's α: 3.686
geometric series k: 0.7491
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8302
Shannon's H: 2.0917
Good's u: 0.9997
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| Pongo pygmaeus | 201 | 52 kg frugivore-folivore |
| in fact the Bornean orangutan: see Lopatin et al. 2021 | ||
| Hylobatidae indet. | 7 | |
| "Hylobates sp.": could be Nomascus | ||
| Cercopithecidae indet. | 358 | |
| includes Presbytis or Trachypithecus plus Macaca | ||
| Helarctos malayanus | 2 | 32 kg frugivore-insectivore |
| "Ursus malayanus" | ||
| Ursus thibetanus | 33 | 63 kg browser-frugivore |
| Ailuropoda melanoleuca | 5 | 96 kg browser |
| Paradoxurus hermaphroditus | 11 | 2.4 kg frugivore-insectivore |
| Cuon alpinus formosus | 1 | 14 kg carnivore |
| "Cuon javanicus" | ||
| Panthera pardus | 9 | 33 kg carnivore |
| Panthera tigris | 6 | 168 kg carnivore |
| Catopuma temminckii | 6 | 10 kg carnivore |
| "Felis temmincki" | ||
| Lutrogale perspicillata | 2 | 7.5 kg piscivore-carnivore |
| "Lutra perspicillata" | ||
| Arctonyx collaris | 33 | invertivore |
| Dicerorhinus sumatrensis | 190 | |
| Tapirus indicus | 18 | |
| Bubalus arnee | 33 | |
| "Bubalus bubalis": not domesticated | ||
| Capricornis sumatraensis | 23 | |
| Cervus unicolor | 411 | 100 kg grazer-browser |
| "Rusa unicolor" | ||
| Muntiacus muntjak | 481 | 19 kg browser |
| Sus scrofa | 1027 | 54 kg herbivore |
| Elephantidae indet. | 14 | |
| Elephas maximus or Palaeoloxodon namadicus | ||
| Stegodon orientalis | 11 | |
| Hystrix kiangsenensis | 358 | |
| "Acanthion brachyurus": see Lopatin et al. 2021 | ||
| Atherurus macrourus | 8 | |
| Leopoldamys sabanus | 2 | 338 g frugivore-insectivore |
| "Rattus sabanus" | ||