Zabia Cave (Layer 17)
Basic information
Sample name: Zabia Cave (Layer 17)
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: 17
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: "Fine, loose fragments of corroded limestone and brown cave loams"
Information on accumulation is not provided
Information on accumulation is not provided
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,ungulates,lizards,snakes,frogs,salamanders
Sample size: 466 specimens
Sampling comments: Collecting methods not indicated
Numerous insectivores are listed without counts
Counts excluded:
Vormela sp. - 1
Coronella sp. /questionably assigned - 23
Numerous insectivores are listed without counts
Counts excluded:
Vormela sp. - 1
Coronella sp. /questionably assigned - 23
Metadata
Sample number: 4306
Contributor: Jack Nesbitt
Enterer: Jack Nesbitt
Created: 2023-06-23 14:35:41
Modified: 2023-06-23 05:38:49
Abundance distribution
24 species
7 singletons
total count 466
geometric series index: 40.4
Fisher's α: 5.361
geometric series k: 0.7969
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7864
Shannon's H: 2.0682
Good's u: 0.9850
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Register
| Bufo bufo | 34 | |
| Rana sp. | 185 | |
| Pelobates sp. | 1 | |
| Mioproteus wezei | 1 | |
| †Pseudopus pannonicus | 1 | |
| "Ophiosaurus pannonicus" | ||
| Anguis fragilis | 1 | |
| Zamenis longissimus | 7 | |
| "Elaphe longissima" | ||
| Coronella austriaca | 20 | |
| Vipera berus | 24 | |
| Lacerta sp. | 9 | |
| †Gulo schlosseri | 40 | |
| †Mustela palerminea | 6 | |
| †Mustela praenivalis | 7 | |
| †Martes vetus | 88 | |
| †Mustela strandi | 3 | |
| Mustela putorius stromeri | 10 | 681 g carnivore |
| "Mustela stromeri": see Gimranov et al. (2023) | ||
| Meles sp. | 2 | |
| †Pannonictis ardea | 3 | |
| †Lutra simplicidens | 3 | |
| Ursus sp. | 1 | |
| Canis sp. | 1 | |
| †Vulpes alopecoides | 3 | |
| "Vulpes praeglacialis": see Bartolini-Lucenti and Madurell-Malapeira (2021) | ||
| †Felis cf. lunensis | 15 | |
| Equus sp. | 1 | |