Qesem Cave (Concentration 2)
Basic information
Sample name: Qesem Cave (Concentration 2)
Reference: K. T. Smith, L. C. Maul, F. Flemming, R. Barkai, and A. Gopher. 2016. The microvertebrates of Qesem Cave: A comparison of the two concentrations. Quaternary International 398:233-245 [ER 2373]
Geography
Country: Israel
Coordinate: 32.11° N, 34.98° E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Middle Pleistocene
Ma: 0.3
Geography comments: "a sediment-filled karst chamber cave on the moderate western slopes of the Samaria hills" (coordinate based on Qesem Cave)
"older than 300 ka"
"older than 300 ka"
Environment
Substrate: ground surface
Habitat comments: lithology not discussed
Methods
Life forms: bats,rodents,other small mammals,lizards,snakes,turtles,frogs
Sampling methods: screenwash
Sample size: 10766 specimens
Years: 2006 - 2012
Sampling comments: "sediment was screenwashed using a 0.8 mm mesh size"
I have omitted Squamata indet., Soricidae indet., Chiroptera indet., and Rodentia indet. from the register
I have omitted Squamata indet., Soricidae indet., Chiroptera indet., and Rodentia indet. from the register
Metadata
Sample number: 2552
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2017-02-15 14:05:35
Modified: 2017-02-15 03:05:35
Abundance distribution
27 species
2 singletons
total count 10766
geometric series index: 33.5
Fisher's α: 3.343
geometric series k: 0.7218
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6400
Shannon's H: 1.3220
Good's u: 0.9998
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Register
| Ranidae indet. | 5 | |
| Testudo graeca | 252 | |
| Laudakia vulgaris | 883 | |
| "Stellagama stellio" - reassignment based on geography (see Karameta et al. 2022) | ||
| Chamaeleo chamaeleon | 4806 | |
| Gekkonidae indet. | 7 | |
| Lacertidae indet. | 13 | |
| 2 species | ||
| Scincidae indet. | 7 | |
| Pseudopus sp. | 49 | |
| Eryx sp. | 1 | |
| cf | ||
| Colubroidea indet. | 50 | |
| 3+ species | ||
| Crocidura cf. leucodon | 99 | |
| Rousettus sp. | 2 | |
| cf | ||
| Rhinolophus ferrumequinum | 6 | 20.0 g insectivore |
| Rhinolophus mehelyi | 1 | 13.0 g |
| Miniopterus cf. schreibersii | 3 | 12.4 g insectivore |
| Procavia capensis | 6 | 2.8 kg browser |
| Lepus cf. capensis | 3 | |
| Sciurus cf. anomalus | 2 | |
| Myomimus sp. | 3 | |
| judaicus/setzeri group | ||
| Cricetulus sp. | 9 | |
| migratorius complex | ||
| Microtus guentheri | 4211 | |
| Spalax sp. | 64 | |
| ehrenbergi complex | ||
| Dipodillus cf. dasyurus | 34 | |
| "Gerbillus cf. dasyurus" | ||
| Meriones cf. tristrami | 121 | |
| Mus sp. | 29 | |
| musculus/macedonicus group | ||
| †Rattus cf. haasi | 12 | |
| Apodemus sp. | 88 | |
| flavicollis group | ||