Zabia Cave (Layer 14)
Basic information
Sample name: Zabia Cave (Layer 14)

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: 14

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: limestone

Taphonomic context: cave

Habitat comments: "A layer of corroded limestone gravel"

Information on accumulation is not provided

Methods
Life forms: carnivores

Sample size: 5 specimens

Sampling comments: Collecting methods not indicated

Metadata
Sample number: 4308

Contributor: Jack Nesbitt

Enterer: Jack Nesbitt

Created: 2023-06-26 10:13:57

Modified: 2023-06-26 00:13:57

Abundance distribution
2 species
1 singleton
total count 5
geometric series index: 5.3
Fisher's α: NULL
geometric series k: 0.2500
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.1500
Shannon's H: 0.5004
Good's u: 0.8000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Martes vetus4
Mustela putorius stromeri1681 g carnivore
"Mustela stromeri": see Gimranov et al. (2023)