Zabia Cave (Layer 19)
Basic information
Sample name: Zabia Cave (Layer 19)

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: 19

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: siliciclastic (mixed)

Taphonomic context: cave

Habitat comments: "Series of cave loams"

Information on accumulation is not provided

Methods
Life forms: carnivores, rodents, lizards, snakes

Excluded forms: other small mammals

Sample size: 1920 specimens

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: Collecting methods not indicated

Numerous insectivores are listed with no counts

Counts excluded:
Natrix sp. - 234
Coronella sp. - 13

Metadata
Sample no: 4304

Contributor no: Jack Nesbitt

Enterer: Jack Nesbitt

Created: 2023-06-23 14:08:59

Modified: 2023-06-23 05:32:30

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
23 species
6 singletons
total count 1920
geometric series index: 39.3
Fisher's α: 3.674
geometric series k: 0.7136
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.236
Shannon's H: 0.6421
Good's u: 0.9969
Register
†Pseudopus pannonicus 1
"Ophiosaurus pannonicus"
Anguis fragilis 8
Natrix natrix 120
Zamenis longissimus 1673
"Elaphe longissima"
Coronella austriaca 6
Lacerta sp. 9
†Allocricetus bursae 4
†Allocricetus ehiki 2
†Cricetus runtonensis 1
†Mimomys pusillus 1
†Microtus (Allophaiomys) deucalion 2
†Pliomys episcopalis 8
†Ungaromys nanus 21
†Apodemus dominans 24
†Glirulus pusillus 1
†Glis sackdillingensis 1
Muscardinus avellanarius 5
"Muscardunus avellanarius"
†Gulo schlosseri (wolverine)2
†Mustela palerminea (weasel)7
†Mustela praenivalis (weasel)4
†Martes vetus (marten)17
Mustela putorius stromeri (European polecat)2
"Mustela stromeri": see Gimranov et al. (2023)
†Mustela strandi (weasel)1