Ngalau Gupin-B
Basic information
Sample name: Ngalau Gupin-B
Sample aka: NG-B
Reference: H. E. Smith, G. J. Price, M. Duval, K. Westaway, J. Zaim, Y. Rizal, . Aswan, M. R. Puspaningrum, A. Trihascaryo, M. Stewart, and J. Louys. 2021. Taxonomy, taphonomy and chronology of the Pleistocene faunal assemblage at Ngalau Gupin cave, Sumatra. Quaternary International 603:40-63 [ER 3851]
Geography
Country: Indonesia
State: West Sumatra
Coordinate: -0.64475° S, 100.647049° E
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Time interval: Middle Pleistocene
Max Ma: 0.16
Min Ma: 0.115
Age basis: ESR
Geography comments: "approximately 90 km east of Sawah Lunto City"
there are five ESR dates, but sample "SUM18-21a most likely provides the most reliable chronological constraint" which based on a detailed discussion "lies somewhere between ~160 ka and ~115 ka" and is therefore Middle Pleistocene
there are five ESR dates, but sample "SUM18-21a most likely provides the most reliable chronological constraint" which based on a detailed discussion "lies somewhere between ~160 ka and ~115 ka" and is therefore Middle Pleistocene
Environment
Lithology: claystone
Taphonomic context: carnivore accumulation,cave,rodent accumulation
Habitat comments: the cave was formed in "Carboniferous-Permian limestones"
"well-preserved Pleistocene fossiliferous breccia and sediments" and specifically "an unconsolidated clay-rich mud matrix"
"There are no cut marks or intentional bone breakage, marks or modification, so we cannot relate the bone assemblage to human activities or bone collecting behaviours"
"numerous small carnivores" and Hystrix are "definitive" accumulation agents
"well-preserved Pleistocene fossiliferous breccia and sediments" and specifically "an unconsolidated clay-rich mud matrix"
"There are no cut marks or intentional bone breakage, marks or modification, so we cannot relate the bone assemblage to human activities or bone collecting behaviours"
"numerous small carnivores" and Hystrix are "definitive" accumulation agents
Methods
Life forms: bats,carnivores,primates,rodents,ungulates,birds,lizards
Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash,surface
Sample size: 293 specimens
Sampling comments: fossils were "removed from this breccia by hand and pick" and "sediment was sieved through a 5 mm mesh "
Metadata
Sample number: 4217
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-04-10 09:30:00
Modified: 2023-04-09 23:30:00
Abundance distribution
27 species
6 singletons
total count 293
geometric series index: 43.3
Fisher's α: 7.251
geometric series k: 0.8566
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8990
Shannon's H: 2.6349
Good's u: 0.9796
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Register
| Varanidae indet. | 1 | |
| Aves indet. | 3 | |
| Sus scrofa | 43 | 54 kg herbivore |
| plus 77 indeterminate Sus | ||
| Sus barbatus | 18 | |
| Hexaprotodon sp. | 1 | |
| Cervus sp. | 4 | |
| "Rusa sp." | ||
| Muntiacus sp. | 2 | |
| plus 43 indeterminate Cervidae | ||
| Capricornis sumatraensis | 1 | |
| plus 11 indeterminate Bovidae | ||
| Moschidae indet. | 1 | |
| Pongo sp. | 40 | |
| Presbytis sp. | 16 | |
| Macaca sp. | 25 | |
| Symphalangus syndactylus | 19 | |
| Hylobates sp. | 2 | |
| Rhinoceros unicornis | 1 | grazer-browser |
| Rhinoceros sondaicus | 1 | |
| Dicerorhinus sumatrensis | 3 | |
| plus 8 indeterminate Rhinocerotidae | ||
| Tapirus indicus | 7 | |
| Helarctos sp. | 6 | |
| Felinae indet. | 9 | |
| small | ||
| Panthera sp. | 7 | |
| Mustelinae indet. | 3 | |
| Paradoxurus sp. | 6 | |
| compared to | ||
| Chiroptera indet. | 13 | |
| "Microchiroptera" | ||
| Hystrix sp. | 56 | |
| Muridae indet. | 3 | |
| "rat" (not described in the text) | ||
| Elephas sp. | 2 | |