Zabia Cave (Layer 20)
Basic information
Sample name: Zabia Cave (Layer 20)

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: 20

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: siltstone

Taphonomic context: cave

Habitat comments: "Thin layer of grey silts"

Information on accumulation is not provided

Methods
Life forms: carnivores, other small mammals

Sample size: 10 specimens

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: Collecting methods not indicated

Metadata
Sample no: 4303

Contributor no: Jack Nesbitt

Enterer: Jack Nesbitt

Created: 2023-06-23 13:32:26

Modified: 2023-06-23 05:29:13

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
5 species
2 singletons
total count 10
geometric series index: 14.3
Fisher's α: 3.98
geometric series k: 0.7071
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7111
Shannon's H: 1.4708
Good's u: 0.8364
Register
†Ochotona zabiensis 4
†Martes vetus (marten)2
Mustela putorius stromeri (European polecat)2
"Mustela stromeri": see Gimranov et al. (2023)
†Vormela petenyii (polecat)1
"Vormela petenyi"
†Felis cf. lunensis (cat)1