Zabia Cave (Layer 10)
Basic information
Sample name: Zabia Cave (Layer 10)
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: 10
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: siltstone
Taphonomic context: cave
Habitat comments: "Cave silts with fragments of corroded calcite"
Information on accumulation is not provided
Information on accumulation is not provided
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, rodents, birds
Excluded forms: other small mammals
Sample size: 53 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: 4311
Contributor no: Jack Nesbitt
Enterer: Jack Nesbitt
Created: 2023-06-26 11:12:35
Modified: 2023-06-26 01:12:35
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
17 species
9 singletons
total count 53
geometric series index: 51.3
Fisher's α: 8.661
geometric series k: 0.8443
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8538
Shannon's H: 2.3299
Good's u: 0.8323
Register
| Gruiformes indet. | 1 | |
| Tetrao sp. | 1 | |
| †Allocricetus bursae | 1 | |
| †Allocricetus ehiki | 1 | |
| †Cricetus runtonensis | 2 | |
| †Myodes hintonianus | 1 | |
| "Clethrionomys hintonianus" | ||
| Prolagurus ternopolitanus | 1 | |
| †Lemmus kowalskii | 1 | |
| †Microtus (Allophaiomys) deucalion | 10 | |
| †Pliomys episcopalis | 2 | |
| †Ungaromys nanus | 2 | |
| †Apodemus dominans | 15 | |
| Muscardinus avellanarius | 4 | |
| "Muscardunus avellanarius" | ||
| †Sicista praeloriger | 1 | |
| †Mustela palerminea (weasel) | 5 | |
| †Mustela praenivalis (weasel) | 1 | |
| †Martes vetus (marten) | 4 | |