# PALE Fossil Beetle Data
# Standard ascii format for beetle assemblages
# Created by Matt Duvall
# 8/6/98
#
# Sitename:     Ikpikpuk River Section
# Location:     Alaska, USA
# Latitude:     69.43 N      (69.72)
# Longitude:    154.53 W    (-154.88)
# Contact:      Scott Elias
# Sample Name:  None
# Sample age:   9430 +\-160
# C14 Lab #:    I-13174
# Note: Modern beetle presence/absence data and modern site 
# climatologies for North Americal are also available via 
# ftp from this site. 

Species present in sample: 

  CARABIDAE Diacheila polita
  CARABIDAE Pterostichus  nivalis
  CARABIDAE Amara alpina
  CARABIDAE Harpalus amputatus
  STAPHYLINIDAE Holoboreaphilus nordenskioeldi
  STAPHYLINIDAE Micralymma brevilingue
  STAPHYLINIDAE Tachinus brevipennis
  CARABIDAE Carabus chamissonis 
  CARABIDAE Carabus truncaticollis
  CARABIDAE Pelophila borealis
  CARABIDAE Notiophilus borealis
  CARABIDAE Blethisa catenaria
  CARABIDAE Blethisa multipunctata
  CARABIDAE Elaphrus clairvillei
  CARABIDAE Elaphrus lapponicus
  CARABIDAE Elaphrus parviceps
  CARABIDAE Bembidion sordidum
  CARABIDAE Bembidion umiatense
  CARABIDAE Pterostichus agonus
  CARABIDAE Pterostichus  arcticola
  CARABIDAE Pterostichus  brevicornis
  CARABIDAE Pterostichus  caribou
  CARABIDAE Pterostichus circulosus
  CARABIDAE Pterostichus costatus
  CARABIDAE Pterostichus haematopus
  CARABIDAE Pterostichus nearcticus
  CARABIDAE Pterostichus  parasimilis
  CARABIDAE Pterostichus  pinguedineus
  CARABIDAE Pterostichus sublaevis
  CARABIDAE Pterostichus  tareumiut
  CARABIDAE Pterostichus  ventricosus
  CARABIDAE Pterostichus vermiculosus
  CARABIDAE Agonum quadripunctatum
  CARABIDAE Agonum quinquepunctatum
  CARABIDAE Amara bokeri
  CARABIDAE Amara erratica
  CARABIDAE Harpalus fulvilabrus
  CARABIDAE Trichocellus mannerheimi
  DYTISCIDAE Hydroporus lapponum
  STAPHYLINIDAE Eucnecosum brunnescens
  STAPHYLINIDAE Tachyporus rulomus
  SILPHIDAE Thanatophilus sagax

***  MCR Values ***
Value	Variable

12.75	Upper estimate maximum monthly average temperature
13.5	Lower estimate maximum monthly average temperature
13	Calib. estimate maximum monthly average temperature
10.3	Modern maximum monthly average temperature
2.7	MCR maximum monthly average temperature anomaly
-29.75	Upper estimate minimum monthly average temperature
-26.5	Lower estimate minimum monthly average temperature
-26.7	Calib. estimate minimum monthly average temperature
-25.2	Modern minimum monthly average temperature
-1.5	MCR minimum monthly average temperature anomaly