Zabia Cave (Layer 12)
Basic information
Sample name: Zabia Cave (Layer 12)

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: 12

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: "Brown cave loams with large damaged limestone fragments, dripstone fragments, and calcite crystals"

Information on accumulation is not provided

Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,other small mammals,lizards,frogs

Sample size: 36 specimens

Sampling comments: Collecting methods not indicated

Multiple insectivores are listed with no counts

Metadata
Sample number: 4310

Contributor: Jack Nesbitt

Enterer: Jack Nesbitt

Created: 2023-06-26 11:00:09

Modified: 2023-06-26 01:00:09

Abundance distribution
15 species
8 singletons
total count 36
geometric series index: 47.2
Fisher's α: 9.655
geometric series k: 0.8799
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8873
Shannon's H: 2.4237
Good's u: 0.7824
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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