Kincaid Shelter
Basic information
Sample name: Kincaid Shelter
Sample aka: 41UV2; TMM908
Reference: E. Johnson and J. A. Moretti. 2022. Diversity and paleoecology of the Zone 3 late Pleistocene vertebrates at Kincaid Shelter (41UV2), central Texas, USA. PaleoAmerica 8(3):228-252 [ER 3776]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Texas
Coordinate: 29° 21' N, 99° 28' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Late Pleistocene
Geography comments: "four miles north of the town of Sabinal" (coordinate estimated from that of Sabinal)
there are no radiocarbon dates from Zone 3 and its age is unconstrained within the Late Pleistocene
the site was excavated in 1948 by Glen Evans and Grayson Meade
there are no radiocarbon dates from Zone 3 and its age is unconstrained within the Late Pleistocene
the site was excavated in 1948 by Glen Evans and Grayson Meade
Environment
Lithology: claystone
Taphonomic context: lake deposit,rock shelter
Habitat comments: Zone 3 is "immediately below the Clovis pavement floor" in the shelter, which was "built", and "consisted of brown clay, interpreted as representing a lacustrine deposit"
all artefacts are apparently from above this zone
all artefacts are apparently from above this zone
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other large mammals,other small mammals,birds,turtles,other reptiles
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 100 specimens
Years: 1948
Sampling comments: 5 carnivore and 2 medium-sized artiodactyl fragments are also present
Metadata
Sample number: 4078
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-02-22 19:26:23
Modified: 2023-02-22 09:03:16
Abundance distribution
18 species
7 singletons
total count 100
geometric series index: 38.5
Fisher's α: 6.405
geometric series k: 0.8004
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7754
Shannon's H: 2.1168
Good's u: 0.9304
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Register
| Alligator mississippiensis | 5 | |
| Testudines indet. | 1 | |
| probably either Hesperotestudo or Trachemys | ||
| Emydidae indet. | 5 | |
| not the same as Terrapene | ||
| Terrapene carolina putnami | 7 | |
| Meleagris sp. | 1 | |
| Xenarthra indet. | 1 | |
| "Folivora" (large ground sloth not the same as Paramylodon) | ||
| †Paramylodon harlani | 2 | |
| Cynomys cf. ludovicianus | 1 | |
| Leporinae indet. A | 1 | |
| "small-sized" | ||
| Leporinae indet. B | 1 | |
| "medium-sized" | ||
| Canis latrans | 3 | 12 kg carnivore-insectivore |
| †Aenocyon dirus | 8 | |
| †Panthera atrox | 4 | |
| †Capromeryx furcifer | 1 | |
| †Bison antiquus | 6 | |
| †Camelops hesternus | 7 | |
| †Equus mexicanus | 44 | |
| Proboscidea indet. | 2 | |
| "Mammuthus or Mammut sp." | ||