Zabia Cave (Layer 17)
Basic information
Sample name: Zabia Cave (Layer 17)

Reference: A. Nadachowski, K. Stefaniak, A. Szynkiewicz, A. Marciszak, P. Socha, P. Schick, and C. August. 2011. Biostratigraphic importance of the Early Pleistocene fauna from Zabia Cave (Poland) in Central Europe. Quaternary International 243:204-218 [ER 2372]
Geography
Country: Poland

State: Silesian Voivodeship

County: Gmina Kroczyce

Coordinate: 50.573612° N, 19.519722° E
Latlng basis: stated in text

Time interval: Early Pleistocene

Zone: MNQ18/19

Unit number: 17

Unit order: below to above

Max Ma: 1.7

Min Ma: 1.3

Age basis: zone

Geography comments: Zabia Cave is located on the NE slope of Sulmów Hill near the town of Podlesice

It is dated to middle Early Pleistocene (Early Biharian, Zone MNQ 18-19), roughly 1.7 Ma - 1.3 Ma based on Fig. 12


Environment
Substrate: ground surface

Lithology: siliciclastic (mixed)

Taphonomic context: cave

Habitat comments: "Fine, loose fragments of corroded limestone and brown cave loams"

Information on accumulation is not provided

Methods
Life forms: carnivores, ungulates, lizards, snakes, frogs, salamanders

Excluded forms: other small mammals

Sample size: 466 specimens

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: Collecting methods not indicated

Numerous insectivores are listed without counts

Counts excluded:
Vormela sp. - 1
Coronella sp. /questionably assigned - 23

Metadata
Sample no: 4306

Contributor no: Jack Nesbitt

Enterer: Jack Nesbitt

Created: 2023-06-23 14:35:41

Modified: 2023-06-23 05:38:49

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
24 species
7 singletons
total count 466
geometric series index: 40.4
Fisher's α: 5.361
geometric series k: 0.7969
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7864
Shannon's H: 2.0682
Good's u: 0.985
Register
Bufo bufo 34
Rana sp. 185
Pelobates sp. 1
Mioproteus wezei 1
Pseudopus pannonicus 1
"Ophiosaurus pannonicus"
Anguis fragilis 1
Zamenis longissimus 7
"Elaphe longissima"
Coronella austriaca 20
Vipera berus 24
Lacerta sp. 9
Gulo schlosseri (wolverine)40
Mustela palerminea (weasel)6
Mustela praenivalis (weasel)7
Martes vetus (marten)88
Mustela strandi (weasel)3
Mustela putorius stromeri (European polecat)10
"Mustela stromeri": see Gimranov et al. (2023)
Meles sp. 2
Pannonictis ardea 3
Lutra simplicidens (otter)3
Ursus sp. 1
Canis sp. 1
Vulpes alopecoides (fox)3
"Vulpes praeglacialis": see Bartolini-Lucenti and Madurell-Malapeira (2021)
Felis cf. lunensis (cat)15
Equus sp. 1