Trlica (Bed 5)
Basic information
Sample name: Trlica (Bed 5)
Reference: A. K. Agadzhanyan, I. A. Vislobokova, M. V. Shunkov, and V. A. Ulyanov. 2017. Pleistocene mammal fauna of the Trlica locality, Montenegro. Fossil Imprint 73(1-2):93-114 [ER 3942]
Geography
Country: Montenegro
Coordinate: 43° 21' 38" N, 19° 23' 0" E
Latlng basis: stated in text
Time interval: Middle Pleistocene
Unit number: 5
Unit order: above to below
Max Ma: 0.79
Min Ma: 0.676
Age basis: zone
Geography comments: "2.5 km southeast of the town of Pljevlja and 1.6 km northeast of the mouth of the Cehotina River canyon"
"not older than 1 Ma" and from "the first half of he Middle Pleistocene... starting from MIS 19" based on biochronology: shown on a chart as within the range of MIS 19 to MIS 17 and roughly 0.7 to 0.8 Ma, consistent with the boundaries of these two stages
"not older than 1 Ma" and from "the first half of he Middle Pleistocene... starting from MIS 19" based on biochronology: shown on a chart as within the range of MIS 19 to MIS 17 and roughly 0.7 to 0.8 Ma, consistent with the boundaries of these two stages
Environment
Lithology: siliciclastic (mixed)
Taphonomic context: carnivore accumulation, cave, rodent accumulation
Habitat comments: a "closed karstic cavity filled with loose deposits" and this bed is specifically "Ocherous-yellow heavy loam and yellow intermediate loam, with a brown tint... The middle part of the bed displaces traces of activity by large digging animals. The lower part of the bed contains strongly weathered pebbles... Teeth and bones of large mammals are regularly scattered throughout... small mammals... are rather scarce. The bed is up to 1.0-1.3 m in total thickness" and was "formed by diluvial-proluvial processes"
the coprolites are "of hyenas... the cave was periodically inhabited and occupied at least by hyenas and porcupines"
human artefacts are not mentioned and presumably absent
the coprolites are "of hyenas... the cave was periodically inhabited and occupied at least by hyenas and porcupines"
human artefacts are not mentioned and presumably absent
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, rodents, ungulates
Sampling methods: quarry, screenwash
Sample size: 109 specimens
Years: 2010 - 2014
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "all sediments taken out of the cave were washed in sieves with 1 x 1 mm mesh"
Metadata
Sample no: 4346
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-08-18 15:36:49
Modified: 2023-08-18 05:36:49
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
21 species
5 singletons
total count 109
geometric series index: 38.3
Fisher's α: 7.738
geometric series k: 0.8679
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9043
Shannon's H: 2.6175
Good's u: 0.9551
Register
| †Ursus deningeri (bear) | 1 | |
| plus 1 Carnivora and 1 Ursus | ||
| Canidae indet. | 2 | |
| one of which is possibly Vulpes or Nyctereutes | ||
| Elephantidae indet. | 3 | |
| †Stephanorhinus hundsheimensis (rhinoceros) | 13 | |
| plus 1 Rhinocerotidae | ||
| †Equus cf. suessenbornensis (horse) | 2 | |
| plus 2 Equus | ||
| Equus sp. | 2 | |
| small, not the same: plus 3 Equidae | ||
| †Praemegaceros cf. verticornis (deer) | 2 | |
| plus 4 Praemegaceros | ||
| Cervus elaphus acoronatus (red deer) | 17 | |
| "Cervus cf. acoronatus": plus 3 Cervus | ||
| Capreolus sp. | 1 | |
| questionably referred | ||
| †Bison cf. schoetensacki (bison) | 13 | |
| plus 6 Bison | ||
| Soergelia sp. | 6 | |
| plus 7 Ovibovini and 1 Bovidae | ||
| †Glis sackdillingensis | 17 | |
| Cricetus sp. | 6 | |
| Cricetulus sp. | 2 | |
| Mimomys "ex gr. intermedius" | 7 | |
| †Mimomys cf. pusillus | 4 | |
| plus 6 Mimomys | ||
| †Microtus (Terricola) hintoni | 6 | |
| "Terricola hintoni" | ||
| †Microtus (Terricola) arvaloides | 2 | |
| "Terricola arvaloides": plus 1 Terricola and 14 Microtini | ||
| †Lagurodon cf. arankae | 1 | |
| Lagurus "ex gr. transiens" | 1 | |
| plus 9 Lagurus | ||
| Hystrix sp. | 1 | |
| plus 98 Rodentia | ||