Lang Trang (eastern galleries)
Basic information
Sample name: Lang Trang (eastern galleries)
Reference: A. V. Lopatin, E. N. Maschenki, I. A. Vislobokova, N. V. Serdyuk, and L. X. Dac. 2021. Pleistocene mammals from the Lang Trang cave (Vietnam): new data. Doklady Biological Sciences 496:1-4 [ER 3839]
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 Thuoc district of Thanh Hoa Province"
the date is attributed to Suraprasit et al. (2016), who give no details, so it is presumably based on biochronology
the date is attributed to Suraprasit et al. (2016), who give no details, so it is presumably based on biochronology
Environment
Lithology: siliciclastic (mixed)
Taphonomic context: cave
Habitat comments: "bone-bearing dense carbonated brown loams filling the eastern galleries of the cave... remains were mainly represented by tooth crowns; the preserved tooth rootes and bones often have gnawing traces made by porcupines" but it is not specifically stated that this is a rodent accumulation
no archaeological features are discussed
no archaeological features are discussed
Methods
Life forms: bats,carnivores,primates,rodents,ungulates
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 57 specimens
Years: 2020
Sampling comments: "short-term excavations" performed "in March 2020"
Metadata
Sample number: 4195
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-04-06 10:00:08
Modified: 2023-04-06 00:00:08
Abundance distribution
17 species
8 singletons
total count 57
geometric series index: 44.7
Fisher's α: 8.199
geometric series k: 0.8479
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8719
Shannon's H: 2.3936
Good's u: 0.8615
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Register
| Pongo sp. | 4 | |
| Trachypithecus sp. | 1 | |
| Macaca cf. nemestrina | 4 | 7.7 kg |
| Macaca sp. | 1 | |
| not nemestrina | ||
| Arctonyx collaris | 2 | invertivore |
| Panthera sp. | 1 | |
| Ia io | 1 | insectivore |
| Elephas sp. | 1 | |
| Tapirus indicus | 1 | |
| Dicerorhinus sumatrensis | 2 | |
| Sus barbatus | 14 | |
| Sus scrofa material was apparently recovered, but is not detailed | ||
| Tragulus kanchil | 1 | 1.8 kg frugivore |
| Hydropotes inermis | 1 | |
| Axis porcinus | 2 | 35 kg grazer-browser |
| Muntiacus muntjak | 10 | 19 kg browser |
| Cervus unicolor | 6 | 100 kg browser-grazer |
| "Rusa unicolor" | ||
| Capricornis sumatraensis | 5 | 118 kg |