Zabia Cave (Layer 12)
Basic information
Sample name: Zabia Cave (Layer 12)
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: 12
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
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: "Brown cave loams with large damaged limestone fragments, dripstone fragments, and calcite crystals"
Information on accumulation is not provided
Information on accumulation is not provided
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, rodents, other small mammals, lizards, frogs
Excluded forms: other small mammals
Sample size: 36 specimens
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: Collecting methods not indicated
Multiple insectivores are listed with no counts
Multiple insectivores are listed with no counts
Metadata
Sample no: 4310
Contributor no: Jack Nesbitt
Enterer: Jack Nesbitt
Created: 2023-06-26 11:00:09
Modified: 2023-06-26 01:00:09
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
15 species
8 singletons
total count 36
geometric series index: 47.2
Fisher's α: 9.655
geometric series k: 0.8799
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8873
Shannon's H: 2.4237
Good's u: 0.7824
Register
| Bufo bufo | 1 | |
| Rana sp. | 5 | |
| Anguis fragilis | 1 | |
| Lacerta sp. | 2 | |
| †Ochotona zabiensis | 6 | |
| †Allocricetus bursae | 1 | |
| †Allocricetus ehiki | 1 | |
| †Myodes hintonianus | 1 | |
| "Clethrionomys hintonianus" | ||
| Prolagurus ternopolitanus | 1 | |
| †Microtus (Allophaiomys) deucalion | 2 | |
| †Pliomys episcopalis | 1 | |
| †Ungaromys nanus | 2 | |
| †Sicista praeloriger | 1 | |
| †Gulo schlosseri (wolverine) | 6 | |
| †Martes vetus (marten) | 5 | |