Lower Pubu Cave
Basic information
Sample name: Lower Pubu Cave

Reference: W. Wang, R. Potts, Y. Baoyin, W. Huang, H. Cheng, R. L. Edwards, and P. Ditchfield. 2007. Sequence of mammalian fossils, including hominoid teeth, from the Bubing Basin caves, South China. Journal of Human Evolution 52(4):370-379 [ER 3845]
Geography
Country: China

State: Guangxi

Coordinate: 24° 36' 53" N, 107° 59' 10" E
Latlng basis: stated in text

Time interval: Late Pleistocene

Age basis: other

Geography comments: "in the Bubing Basin"
age assignment is based on faunal similarity to the Nanshan Cave fauna

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Environment
Lithology: claystone

Taphonomic context: cave

Habitat comments: "Sandy-clay sediments"
archaeological features are apparently absent

Methods
Life forms: carnivores, primates, rodents, ungulates

Sampling methods: quarry, screenwash

Sample size: 665 specimens

Years: 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: "excavated during three field seasons (December 1999 to January 2000, October to November 2002, and November 2003)"
sediment was "sieved (0.5 mm mesh)"

Metadata
Sample no: 4206

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2023-04-07 17:23:55

Modified: 2023-04-07 07:23:55

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
15 species
1 singleton
total count 665
geometric series index: 19.6
Fisher's α: 2.727
geometric series k: 0.7031
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7478
Shannon's H: 1.7205
Good's u: 0.9985
Register
Macaca sp. 23
Hystrix brachyura subcristata122
"Hystrix subcristata"
Rhizomys sp. 5
Arctonyx collaris (greater hog badger)11
Ursus thibetanus (Asian black bear)12
Ailuropoda melanoleuca baconi (giant panda)3
Elephas maximus (Asian elephant)23711.0 kg
†Tapirus sinensis (tapir)1
†Rhinoceros sinensis (rhinoceros)2
Equus hemionus (onager)2
Sus scrofa (pig)59
†Sus xiaozhu (pig)7
Muntiacus sp. 123
Cervus sp. 277
Bovinae indet.16