Zabia Cave (Layer 13)
Basic information
Sample name: Zabia Cave (Layer 13)

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: 13

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: siltstone

Taphonomic context: cave

Habitat comments: "Brown cave silts"

Information on accumulation is not provided

Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,other small mammals,birds,fishes

Sample size: 109 specimens

Sampling comments: Collecting methods not indicated

Multiple insectivores are listed with no counts

Metadata
Sample number: 4309

Contributor: Jack Nesbitt

Enterer: Jack Nesbitt

Created: 2023-06-26 10:28:05

Modified: 2023-06-26 00:38:36

Abundance distribution
18 species
7 singletons
total count 109
geometric series index: 37.7
Fisher's α: 6.141
geometric series k: 0.8220
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8671
Shannon's H: 2.3285
Good's u: 0.9363
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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