Ganxian Cave
Basic information
Sample name: Ganxian Cave
Reference: H. Liang, W. Liao, Q. Shao, Q. Chen, C. Tian, Y. Yao, J. Li, and W. Wang. 2022. New discovery of a late Middle Pleistocene mammalian fauna in Ganxian Cave, southern China. Historical Biology x:1-18 [ER 3853]
Geography
Country: China
State: Guangxi
Coordinate: 23° 36' 7" N, 106° 59' 52" E
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Time interval: Middle Pleistocene
Max Ma: 0.363
Min Ma: 0.1689
Age basis: U/Th
Geography comments: "in the Bubing Basin"
there are "U-series and coupled ESR/U-series" dates of 168.9 +/- 2.4 and 363 +/- 78 ka
there are "U-series and coupled ESR/U-series" dates of 168.9 +/- 2.4 and 363 +/- 78 ka
Environment
Lithology: claystone
Taphonomic context: cave
Habitat comments: "All mammalian teeth were recovered from a light brown sandy clay with breccia in the upper part of layer 2"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,primates,rodents,ungulates
Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash
Sample size: 2281 specimens
Years: 2008, 2018
Sampling comments: all materials were excavated and some fossils were dry-sieved
Metadata
Sample number: 4219
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-04-10 17:54:05
Modified: 2023-04-10 07:54:05
Abundance distribution
27 species
1 singleton
total count 2281
geometric series index: 32.6
Fisher's α: 4.303
geometric series k: 0.7861
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8351
Shannon's H: 2.1186
Good's u: 0.9996
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Register
| Macaca sp. | 108 | |
| Colobinae indet. | 1 | |
| Trachypithecus or Presbytis | ||
| Hylobatidae indet. | 4 | |
| "Hylobates sp." | ||
| †Pongo weidenreichi | 106 | |
| Elephas maximus | 10 | 3711 kg grazer-browser |
| †Stegodon orientalis | 13 | |
| Rhinoceros sondaicus | 7 | |
| plus two indeterminate Rhinoceros | ||
| Dicerorhinus sumatrensis | 9 | |
| †Tapirus sinensis | 2 | |
| †Tapirus augustus | 5 | |
| "Megatapirus augustus" | ||
| Arctonyx collaris | 24 | invertivore |
| Cuon alpinus | 2 | 14 kg carnivore |
| Neofelis nebulosa | 2 | 13 kg carnivore |
| †Crocuta ultima | 4 | |
| Panthera tigris | 11 | 168 kg carnivore |
| Ursus thibetanus | 48 | 63 kg browser-frugivore |
| Ailuropoda melanoleuca baconi | 36 | 96 kg browser |
| "Ailuropoda baconi" | ||
| Hystrix brachyura subcristata | 363 | |
| "Hystrix subcristata" | ||
| Cervus unicolor | 516 | 100 kg browser-grazer |
| "Rusa unicolor" | ||
| Muntiacus muntjak | 397 | 19 kg browser |
| Muntiacus reevesi | 29 | 11 kg browser |
| Bos gaurus | 27 | 481 kg |
| Bubalus arnee | 16 | |
| †Megalovis guangxiensis | 4 | |
| Capricornis sumatraensis | 3 | 118 kg |
| Sus scrofa | 522 | 54 kg herbivore |
| †Sus xiaozhu | 12 | |