Prairie Creek (Zone C)
Basic information
Sample name: Prairie Creek (Zone C)
Reference: R. L. Richards. 1992. Small mammals of the Prairie Creek Site, Daviess County, Indiana. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science 101(3-4):245-278 [ER 3206]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Indiana
County: Daviess
Coordinate: 38° 43' 4" N, 87° 9' 55" W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Pleistocene - Holocene
Section: 3206
Unit number: 2
Unit order: above to below
Max Ma: 0.01401
Min Ma: 0.00414
Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)
Geography comments: "approximately 3 miles north of the city of Washington" according to Tomak (1974) (coordinate based on Prairie Creek Site)
there is "A radiocarbon date of 14,010 +/- 140 B.P. (DIC-234) on a spruce log" from the underlying Zone D, and the overlying Zone B is asserted to be "4,140 - 2,880 B.P." but there are no direct dates
"Zone C consists of vertebrates primarily from Holocene sediments, with inclusions of Late Pleistocene remains scoured from the underlying Zone D deposits"
there is "A radiocarbon date of 14,010 +/- 140 B.P. (DIC-234) on a spruce log" from the underlying Zone D, and the overlying Zone B is asserted to be "4,140 - 2,880 B.P." but there are no direct dates
"Zone C consists of vertebrates primarily from Holocene sediments, with inclusions of Late Pleistocene remains scoured from the underlying Zone D deposits"
Environment
Lithology: not described
Habitat comments: the environment of this zone is not indicated, but it overlies lake deposits and underlies deposits of "a marsh and stream environment"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,other small mammals,snakes,turtles,frogs
Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash
Sample size: 880 specimens
Years: 1974, 1975
Sampling comments: "Materials were recovered by trowling, with all matrix dry screened through 1/4" hardware mesh"
fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and large mammals were to be described elsewhere
small mammals are documented by Richards (1992), and Holman and Richards (1993) document the amphibians and reptiles
fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and large mammals were to be described elsewhere
small mammals are documented by Richards (1992), and Holman and Richards (1993) document the amphibians and reptiles
Metadata
Sample number: 3524
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-09-11 14:53:10
Modified: 2023-04-29 01:46:56
Abundance distribution
31 species
10 singletons
total count 880
geometric series index: 61.1
Fisher's α: 6.259
geometric series k: 0.8165
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6391
Shannon's H: 1.4732
Good's u: 0.9886
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Register
| Blarina brevicauda | 1 | 15.1 g |
| Sorex cinereus | 1 | 4.1 g |
| Condylura cristata | 1 | 52.2 g |
| Procyon lotor | 4 | 5.5 kg carnivore-granivore |
| Pekania pennanti | 3 | 3.8 kg |
| "Martes pennanti" | ||
| Neogale vison | 4 | 950 g |
| "Mustela vison" | ||
| Sciurus carolinensis | 1 | 519 g frugivore |
| Sciurus cf. niger | 1 | 750 g |
| Myodes gapperi | 5 | 24.1 g |
| "Clethrionomys gapperi" | ||
| Microtus pennsylvanicus | 3 | 35.7 g |
| Microtus pinetorum | 1 | 24.0 g |
| Ondatra zibethicus | 291 | 1.1 kg |
| Synaptomys sp. | 2 | |
| Lepus cf. americanus | 1 | 1.4 kg browser |
| Lithobates catesbeianus | 2 | |
| "Rana catesbeiana" | ||
| Rana pipiens-complex | 1 | |
| Sternotherus odoratus | 438 | |
| Chelydra serpentina | 30 | |
| Chrysemys picta | 35 | |
| Emydoidea blandingii | 6 | |
| Graptemys sp. | 4 | |
| Pseudemys sp. | 14 | |
| Trachemys scripta | 4 | |
| Terrapene carolina | 10 | |
| Apalone sp. | 6 | |
| Coluber constrictor | 2 | |
| Elaphe sp. | 2 | |
| Lampropeltis triangulum | 1 | |
| Nerodia erythrogaster | 1 | |
| Nerodia rhombifer | 3 | |
| Thamnophis sp. | 2 | |