Zabia Cave (Layer 15)
Basic information
Sample name: Zabia Cave (Layer 15)

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: 15

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


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Environment
Substrate: ground surface

Lithology: siliciclastic (mixed)

Taphonomic context: cave

Habitat comments: "Brown cave loams with fragments of corroded limestone"

Information on accumulation is not provided

Methods
Life forms: carnivores, rodents, ungulates, other small mammals, birds, lizards, snakes, frogs, salamanders

Excluded forms: other small mammals

Sample size: 512 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:
Galliformes indet. - 1

Metadata
Sample no: 4307

Contributor no: Jack Nesbitt

Enterer: Jack Nesbitt

Created: 2023-06-23 15:08:25

Modified: 2023-06-26 00:39:21

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
38 species
7 singletons
total count 512
geometric series index: 59.1
Fisher's α: 9.483
geometric series k: 0.8883
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9259
Shannon's H: 2.9343
Good's u: 0.9864
Register
Bufo bufo 1
Hyla sp. 2
Rana sp. 42
Mioproteus wezei 2
Anguis fragilis 34
Zamenis longissimus 5
"Elaphe longissima"
Vipera berus 4
Lacerta sp. 5
Corvidae indet.1
Tetrao sp. 19
Turdus sp. 2
Coccothraustes sp. 2
†Ochotona zabiensis 63
†Hypolagus brachygnathus 16
Sciurus sp. 1
†Allocricetus bursae 3
†Allocricetus ehiki 3
†Cricetus runtonensis 8
†Myodes hintonianus 21
Prolagurus ternopolitanus 2
†Lemmus kowalskii 1
†Mimomys pusillus 6
†Mimomys savini 1
†Microtus (Allophaiomys) deucalion 20
†Pliomys episcopalis 17
†Ungaromys nanus 3
†Apodemus dominans 22
Muscardinus avellanarius 5
"Muscardunus avellanarius"
†Sicista praeloriger 3
†Gulo schlosseri (wolverine)26
†Mustela palerminea (weasel)11
†Martes vetus (marten)38
†Mustela strandi (weasel)2
Mustela putorius stromeri (European polecat)1
"Mustela stromeri": see Gimranov et al. (2023)
Meles sp. 1
†Dama vallonetensis (deer)80
†Cervalces carnutorum 37
Bovini indet.2
Bos or Bison sp.