Zabia Cave (Layer 18)
Basic information
Sample name: Zabia Cave (Layer 18)

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: 18

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: siliciclastic (mixed)

Taphonomic context: cave

Habitat comments: "Layer 18 is formed of fragments of destroyed sinter mantle and large blocks of corroded limestone"

Information on accumulation is not provided

Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents

Sample size: 47 specimens

Sampling comments: Collecting methods not indicated

Metadata
Sample number: 4305

Contributor: Jack Nesbitt

Enterer: Jack Nesbitt

Created: 2023-06-23 14:21:53

Modified: 2023-06-23 04:21:53

Abundance distribution
6 species
1 singleton
total count 47
geometric series index: 9.7
Fisher's α: 1.826
geometric series k: 0.5253
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6397
Shannon's H: 1.3043
Good's u: 0.9804
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Cricetus runtonensis8
Gulo schlosseri2
Mustela palerminea2
Mustela praenivalis9
Martes vetus25
Mustela putorius stromeri1681 g carnivore
"Mustela stromeri": see Gimranov et al. (2023)