SELECT * FROM sessions,people WHERE ip=20315109220 AND enterer=person_noSELECT p.first_name AS contributor_first,p.last_name AS contributor_last,p2.first_name AS enterer_first,p2.last_name AS enterer_last,t.* FROM people p,people p2,samples t WHERE t.contributor_no=p.person_no AND t.enterer_no=p2.person_no AND t.sample_no=4079 GROUP BY t.sample_noSELECT * FROM samples WHERE sample_no=4079SELECT person_no,first_name,last_name FROM peopleSELECT * FROM refs WHERE ref_no=3777SELECT sql FROM sqlite_master WHERE tbl_name='samples';SELECT * FROM register WHERE sample_no=4079 ORDER BY register_no ASCSELECT senior_genus genus,senior_species species FROM itis WHERE junior_genus='Canis' AND (junior_species='aureus' OR junior_species='aureus')SELECT s.*,r.* FROM sizes s,refs r WHERE s.ref_no=r.ref_no AND measurement='body mass' AND genus='Canis' AND (species='aureus' OR species='aureus') ORDER BY measurement,sex,last_names,yearSELECT senior_genus genus,senior_species species FROM itis WHERE junior_genus='Canis' AND (junior_species='aureus' OR junior_species='aureus')SELECT d.diet,d.diet_2,r.ref_no,r.last_names,r.year FROM diets d,refs r WHERE d.ref_no=r.ref_no AND genus='Canis' AND (species='aureus' OR species='aureus') ORDER BY year,last_namesSELECT senior_genus genus,senior_species species FROM itis WHERE junior_genus='Canis' AND (junior_species='sp.' 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ORDER BY year,last_namesSELECT senior_genus genus,senior_species species FROM itis WHERE junior_genus='Vulpes' AND (junior_species='vulpes' OR junior_species='vulpes')SELECT s.*,r.* FROM sizes s,refs r WHERE s.ref_no=r.ref_no AND measurement='body mass' AND genus='Vulpes' AND (species='vulpes' OR species='vulpes') ORDER BY measurement,sex,last_names,yearSELECT senior_genus genus,senior_species species FROM itis WHERE junior_genus='Vulpes' AND (junior_species='vulpes' OR junior_species='vulpes')SELECT d.diet,d.diet_2,r.ref_no,r.last_names,r.year FROM diets d,refs r WHERE d.ref_no=r.ref_no AND genus='Vulpes' AND (species='vulpes' OR species='vulpes') ORDER BY year,last_namesSELECT senior_genus genus,senior_species species FROM itis WHERE junior_genus='Crocuta' AND (junior_species='crocuta' OR junior_species='crocuta')SELECT s.*,r.* FROM sizes s,refs r WHERE s.ref_no=r.ref_no AND measurement='body mass' AND genus='Crocuta' AND (species='crocuta' OR species='crocuta') ORDER BY measurement,sex,last_names,yearSELECT senior_genus genus,senior_species species FROM itis WHERE junior_genus='Crocuta' AND (junior_species='crocuta' OR junior_species='crocuta')SELECT d.diet,d.diet_2,r.ref_no,r.last_names,r.year FROM diets d,refs r WHERE d.ref_no=r.ref_no AND genus='Crocuta' AND (species='crocuta' OR species='crocuta') ORDER BY year,last_namesSELECT senior_genus genus,senior_species species FROM itis WHERE junior_genus='Equus' AND (junior_species='africanus' OR junior_species='africanus')SELECT s.*,r.* FROM sizes s,refs r WHERE s.ref_no=r.ref_no AND measurement='body mass' AND genus='Equus' AND (species='africanus' OR species='africanus') ORDER BY measurement,sex,last_names,yearSELECT senior_genus genus,senior_species species FROM itis WHERE junior_genus='Equus' AND (junior_species='africanus' OR junior_species='africanus')SELECT d.diet,d.diet_2,r.ref_no,r.last_names,r.year FROM diets d,refs r WHERE d.ref_no=r.ref_no AND genus='Equus' AND (species='africanus' OR species='africanus') ORDER BY year,last_namesSELECT senior_genus genus,senior_species species FROM itis WHERE junior_genus='Alcelaphus' AND (junior_species='buselaphus' OR junior_species='buselaphus')SELECT s.*,r.* FROM sizes s,refs r WHERE s.ref_no=r.ref_no AND measurement='body mass' AND genus='Alcelaphus' AND (species='buselaphus' OR species='buselaphus') ORDER BY measurement,sex,last_names,yearSELECT senior_genus genus,senior_species species FROM itis WHERE junior_genus='Alcelaphus' AND (junior_species='buselaphus' OR junior_species='buselaphus')SELECT d.diet,d.diet_2,r.ref_no,r.last_names,r.year FROM diets d,refs r WHERE d.ref_no=r.ref_no AND genus='Alcelaphus' AND (species='buselaphus' OR species='buselaphus') ORDER BY year,last_namesSELECT senior_genus genus,senior_species species FROM itis WHERE junior_genus='Gazella' AND (junior_species='sp.' OR junior_species='sp.')SELECT s.*,r.* FROM sizes s,refs r WHERE s.ref_no=r.ref_no AND measurement='body mass' AND genus='Gazella' AND (species='sp.' OR species='sp.') ORDER BY measurement,sex,last_names,yearSELECT *,0 AS individuals FROM crc WHERE genus='Gazella' AND (species='sp.' OR species='sp.')SELECT senior_genus genus,senior_species species FROM itis WHERE junior_genus='Gazella' AND (junior_species='sp.' OR junior_species='sp.')SELECT d.diet,d.diet_2,r.ref_no,r.last_names,r.year FROM diets d,refs r WHERE d.ref_no=r.ref_no AND genus='Gazella' AND (species='sp.' OR species='sp.') ORDER BY year,last_namesSELECT * FROM register WHERE sample_no=4079
The Ecological Register: Gazelle Cave (lower level)
Reference:B. Bougariane, S. Zouhri, B. Ouchaou, A. Oujaa, and L. Boudad. 2010. Large mammals from the Upper Pleistocene at Tamaris I 'Grotte des gazelles' (Casablanca, Morocco): paleoecological and biochronological implications. Historical Biology22(1-3):295-302 [ER 3777]
Geography
Country: Morocco
Coordinate:33.52° N, -7.82° W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Late Pleistocene
Section: 3777
Unit number: 1
Unit order: below to above
Geography comments: "near the town of Dar Bou Azza about 20 km southwest of Casablanca" (coordinate based on Dar Bouazza)
"correlated with marine isotope stage 5e... Absolute radiocarbon dating of gastropod shells provides ages of 23,500 years BP (Rabat 256) for the lower level and 13,500 years BP (Rabat 258) for the upper level. These dates may be younger than the sedimentary filling as gastropods are burrowing animals and may be more recent than the deposit. It is therefore highly likely that the fossils are older"
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Environment
Lithology: claystone
Taphonomic context: cave
Archaeology: stone tools
Habitat comments: "a dissolution pocket in marine calcarenite" with "sandy-clay deposits introduced through an opening"
"The fossils come from two different levels: a lower level with fine red and dark sediments and an upper level with blocks and pebbles embedded in lighter-coloured and coarser sediment, particularly rich in vertebrate bones and gastropod shells"
the lithic assemblage "consists of some poorly characterised cores and some debris, while retouched tools are very rare. The upper level yielded a retouched edge and a blade fragment"
there are "gnawing traces... chewed long bones and some coprolites" and the material is transported, but the accumulation is not interpreted as due to carnivore activity
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,ungulates
Sample size: 138 specimens
Sampling comments: "amphibians, reptiles and birds... Chiroptera, insectivores, lagomorphes and rodents" and Homo sapiens are present but not detailed
Metadata
Sample number: 4079
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-02-22 19:52:04
Modified: 2023-05-30 04:42:57
Abundance distribution
7 species
2 singletons
total count 138
extrapolated richness: 13.7
Fisher's α: 1.557
geometric series k: 0.4478
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.1846
Shannon's H: 0.4980
Good's u: 0.9856
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.