Nanshan
Basic information
Sample name: Nanshan
Reference: W. Wang and J.-Y. Mo. 2004. Human fossil teeth newly discovered in Nanshan cave of Fusui, Guangxi. Acta Anthropologica Sinica 23(2):130-137 [ER 3817]
Geography
Country: China
State: Guangxi
Coordinate: 22° 23' 24" N, 107° 33' 41" E
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Time interval: Late Pleistocene
Ma: 0.035
Age basis: U/Th
Geography comments: "in the south of the Nafa Mining Area of Dongluo Mineral Bureau, Fusui County... 200 m south of Nanshan Primary School"
Late Pleistocene based on the mammal fauna
there is a U-series date of "around 30 to 40 ka" on flow-stone, not from the clay yielding the fossils, and the relative stratigraphic position is unclear
Late Pleistocene based on the mammal fauna
there is a U-series date of "around 30 to 40 ka" on flow-stone, not from the clay yielding the fossils, and the relative stratigraphic position is unclear
Environment
Lithology: claystone
Taphonomic context: cave
Habitat comments: "sandy clay and new carbonate... The sandy clay contains mammalian teeth and bone fragments"
accumulation agent is not discussed
no artefacts appear to be present
accumulation agent is not discussed
no artefacts appear to be present
Methods
Life forms: primates,rodents,ungulates
Sampling methods: surface
Sample size: 20 specimens
Years: 2000
Sampling comments: "gastropod fossils" are also present
Metadata
Sample number: 4162
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-03-13 14:43:00
Modified: 2023-03-13 03:45:17
Abundance distribution
10 species
5 singletons
total count 20
geometric series index: 33.3
Fisher's α: 7.959
geometric series k: 0.8195
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8368
Shannon's H: 2.0855
Good's u: 0.7649
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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| Homo sapiens | 2 | 64 kg |
| teeth | ||
| Hystrix sp. | 1 | |
| Macaca sp. | 2 | |
| Elephas maximus | 1 | 3711 kg grazer-browser |
| †Rhinoceros sinensis | 1 | |
| Equus hemionus | 6 | grazer |
| Sus scrofa | 1 | 54 kg herbivore |
| Cervus sp. | 2 | |
| Ovis sp. | 1 | |
| Bovidae indet. | 3 | |
| "cattle" | ||