Mala Cave
Basic information
Sample name: Mala Cave
Sample aka: Jaskinia Mala
Reference: A. Sulimski, A. Szynkiewicz, and B. Woloszyn. 1979. The Middle Pliocene micromammals from Central Poland. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 24(3):1-29 [ER 3903]
Geography
Country: Poland
State: Lodz
Coordinate: 51.098602° N, 18.792337° E
Coordinate basis: estimated from map
Time interval: Early Pliocene
Section: Member 4/5
Unit order: below to above
Max Ma: 5.3
Min Ma: 3.6
Age basis: other
Geography comments: Mala Cave is located on Zelce Hill in Central Poland near the town of Dzialoszyn
No precise dates are provided. It is vaguely indicated that the site is dated through affinities with two other sites at Zelce Hill, as well as faunal analogs with other Early-Middle Pliocene sites in Europe
No precise dates are provided. It is vaguely indicated that the site is dated through affinities with two other sites at Zelce Hill, as well as faunal analogs with other Early-Middle Pliocene sites in Europe
Environment
Lithology: siliciclastic (mixed)
Taphonomic context: cave
Habitat comments: All material was recovered from Members 4/5 of Mala Cave
Member 4 - "reddish sands", occasionally cemented by "calcite containing black nodules of "Bohnerze"
Member 5 - "red clays"
Summary taphonomy information is not provided
Member 4 - "reddish sands", occasionally cemented by "calcite containing black nodules of "Bohnerze"
Member 5 - "red clays"
Summary taphonomy information is not provided
Methods
Life forms: bats,rodents,other small mammals
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 251 specimens
Sampling comments: Faunal remains of 18 species were recovered from Mala Cave
Specimens described are housed in the Paleozoological Laboratory of Wroclaw University
Counts excluded:
Sorex sp. - 4
Rhinolophus sp. - 22
Specimens described are housed in the Paleozoological Laboratory of Wroclaw University
Counts excluded:
Sorex sp. - 4
Rhinolophus sp. - 22
Metadata
Sample number: 4292
Contributor: Jack Nesbitt
Enterer: Jack Nesbitt
Created: 2023-06-05 13:12:46
Modified: 2023-06-05 03:12:46
Abundance distribution
15 species
2 singletons
total count 251
extrapolated richness: 20.2
Fisher's α: 3.499
geometric series k: 0.7197
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7998
Shannon's H: 2.0754
Good's u: 0.9921
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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Current reference:
Shotwell 1968 (ER 3992)