TABLE 4. Descriptive statistics for total length (L) and selected ratios from the m1s of Microtus paroperarius from selected Irvingtonian faunas. Abbreviations: A, length of anteroconid complex; B, width of opening between triangles 5 and 6; C, width of opening between triangles 4 and 5; W, distance between triangles 4 and 5. Data for Sunbrite, Conard Fissure, and Cumberland Cave from Van der Meulen (1978); for Trout Cave #2 from Pfaff (1990); for Hall Ash Pit from Eshelman and Hager (1984)..

 

Local Fauna

N

X

SE

sd

Range

parameter

Fiene

14

2.81

0.04

0.14

2.50-3.01

L

Hall Ash Pit

9

2.8

 

 

2.63-2.97

 

Sunbrite

46

2.79

0.02

0.14

2.41-3.10

 

Conard Fissure

5

2.73

0.08

0.17

2.61-3.01

 

Trout Cave #2

17

2.89

0.06

0.25

2.51-3.39

 

Cumberland Cave

60

2.74

0.03

0.19

2.39-3.21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fiene

14

48.25

0.66

2.45

43.7-52.5

A/L

Sunbrite

46

48.2

0.28

1.92

43-52

 

Conard Fissure

5

48

0.71

1.58

46-50

 

Trout Cave #2

17

49.2

0.5

2

45.5-52.2

 

Cumberland Cave

60

48.5

0.23

1.76

45-54

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fiene

13

16.49

0.93

3.36

11.2-21.4

B/W

Sunbrite

51

17.5

1.02

7.29

<5-35

 

Conard Fissure

3

17.3

1.45

2.52

15-20

 

Trout Cave #2

17

16.1

1.4

5.7

5.9-25.2

 

Cumberland Cave

66

19.2

0.83

6.73

<5-36

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fiene

14

2.02

0.51

1.91

0-7.5

C/W

Sunbrite

54

<5

 

 

<5

 

Conard Fissure

3

<5

 

 

<5

 

Trout Cave #2

17

2.5

0.5

2

0-5.8

 

Cumberland Cave

74

<5

 

 

<5-13