# PALE Fossil Beetle Data
# Standard ascii format for beetle assemblages
# Created by Matt Duvall
# 8/6/98
#
# Sitename:     Bering Shelf 76-121
# Location:     Alaska, USA
# Latitude:     63.53 N      (63.88)
# Longitude:    163.2 W    (-163.03)
# Contact:      Scott Elias
# Sample Name:  76-121
# Sample age:   11570 +\-130
# C14 Lab #:    USGS-358
# 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 Dyschirius nigricornis
  CARABIDAE Bembidion grapei
  CARABIDAE Pterostichus  nivalis
  STAPHYLINIDAE Holoboreaphilus nordenskioeldi
  STAPHYLINIDAE Tachinus brevipennis
  CARABIDAE Pterostichus agonus
  CARABIDAE Pterostichus  brevicornis
  CARABIDAE Pterostichus  caribou
  CARABIDAE Pterostichus sublaevis
  DYTISCIDAE Agabus moestus
  HYDROPHILIDAE Hydrobius fuscipes
  STAPHYLINIDAE Arpedium brachypterum
  STAPHYLINIDAE Pycnoglypta lurida
  STAPHYLINIDAE Mycetoporus cf. Nigrans
  STAPHYLINIDAE Tachyporus rulomus
  STAPHYLINIDAE Gymnusa atra

***  MCR Values ***
Value	Variable

11.5	Upper estimate maximum monthly average temperature
13	Lower estimate maximum monthly average temperature
12.5	Calib. estimate maximum monthly average temperature
10.8	Modern maximum monthly average temperature
1.7	MCR maximum monthly average temperature anomaly
-28.5	Upper estimate minimum monthly average temperature
-23.5	Lower estimate minimum monthly average temperature
-25.1	Calib. estimate minimum monthly average temperature
-15.6	Modern minimum monthly average temperature
-9.5	MCR minimum monthly average temperature anomaly