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
Coordinate: 50.573612° N, 19.519722° E
Coordinate 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
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 fragments of corroded limestone"
Information on accumulation is not provided
Information on accumulation is not provided
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other small mammals,birds,lizards,snakes,frogs,salamanders
Sample size: 512 specimens
Sampling comments: Collecting methods not indicated
Numerous insectivores are listed without counts
Counts excluded:
Galliformes indet. - 1
Numerous insectivores are listed without counts
Counts excluded:
Galliformes indet. - 1
Metadata
Sample number: 4307
Contributor: Jack Nesbitt
Enterer: Jack Nesbitt
Created: 2023-06-23 15:08:25
Modified: 2023-06-26 00:39:21
Abundance distribution
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
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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 | 26 | |
| Mustela palerminea | 11 | |
| Martes vetus | 38 | |
| Mustela strandi | 2 | |
| Mustela putorius stromeri | 1 | 681 g carnivore |
| "Mustela stromeri": see Gimranov et al. (2023) | ||
| Meles sp. | 1 | |
| Dama vallonetensis | 80 | |
| Cervalces carnutorum | 37 | |
| Bovini indet. | 2 | |
| Bos or Bison sp. | ||