Harrodsburg Crevice
Basic information
Sample name: Harrodsburg Crevice
Reference: M. R. Smith and P. D. Polly. 2013. A reevaluation of the Harrodsburg Crevice fauna (late Pleistocene of Indiana, U.S.A.) and the climatic implications of its mammals. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(2):410-420 [ER 3127]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Indiana
Coordinate: 39.036° N, -86.535° W
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Time interval: Late Pleistocene
Max Ma: 0.124
Min Ma: 0.119
Age basis: zone
Geography comments: "10 km south of central Bloomington, in a road cut on the east side of Indiana State Highway 37"
a reported radiocarbon date is dismissed, and the fauna is assigned to the Sangamonian or "MIS 5e, 120 ka" based on biostratigraphy (dates follow Wikipedia)
a reported radiocarbon date is dismissed, and the fauna is assigned to the Sangamonian or "MIS 5e, 120 ka" based on biostratigraphy (dates follow Wikipedia)
Environment
Lithology: limestone
Taphonomic context: cave,pitfall trap
Habitat comments: "partially exposed, undisturbed mass of bone embedded in a beige-clay limestone, detritus-travertine matrix" and "the assemblage is consistent with a natural trap"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other small mammals,snakes
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 1021 specimens
Years: 1974, 1975
Metadata
Sample number: 3415
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-08-31 14:07:16
Modified: 2019-08-31 04:17:39
Abundance distribution
23 species
3 singletons
total count 1021
geometric series index: 31.3
Fisher's α: 4.180
geometric series k: 0.7610
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7549
Shannon's H: 1.8780
Good's u: 0.9971
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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| Canis latrans | 3 | 12 kg carnivore-insectivore |
| Urocyon cinereoargenteus | 14 | 4.1 kg frugivore-carnivore |
| Vulpes vulpes | 16 | 5.3 kg carnivore-insectivore |
| Lynx rufus | 31 | 9.0 kg carnivore |
| Panthera onca augusta | 32 | 65 kg carnivore |
| †Smilodon fatalis | 4 | |
| Mephitis mephitis | 23 | 1.5 kg carnivore-insectivore |
| Spilogale putorius | 2 | 633 g carnivore-invertivore |
| Neogale vison | 1 | 950 g |
| "Mustela vison" | ||
| Ursus americanus | 61 | 115 kg browser-insectivore |
| †Equus cf. complicatus | 1 | |
| †Platygonus vetus | 271 | |
| Parascalops breweri | 3 | |
| Geomys bursarius | 16 | |
| Marmota monax | 1 | 4.5 kg |
| Tamias striatus | 9 | 113 g frugivore-insectivore |
| Microtus ochrogaster | 4 | 33.9 g |
| Neotoma floridana | 94 | 252 g |
| Synaptomys cooperi | 3 | 29.0 g |
| Sylvilagus sp. | 10 | |
| Crotalus sp. | 2 | |