Kozi Grzbiet (Pleistocene of Poland)

Where: Poland (49.2° N, 19.9° E: paleocoordinates 49.2° N, 19.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• sediments probably Cromerian

Environment/lithology: cave; limestone

• sediments in a limestone cave

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: C. Black and K. Kowalski. 1974. The Pliocene and Pleistocene Sciuridae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from Poland. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 19(19):461-486 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 33874: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 07.08.2003, edited by Hannah O'Regan and Jason Head

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Macroneomys brachygnatus2
fragment of a mandible with M1-M2
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
"Citellus polonicus" = Spermophilus
"Citellus polonicus" = Spermophilus ground squirrel
2M1or2, p4, m1or2, m3
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Microtus ex gr. agrestis4 Linnaeus 1761 field vole
Microtus ex gr. oeconomus4 Pallas 1776 tundra vole
"Clethrionomys glareolus" = Myodes4 vole
Lemmus sp.4 Link 1795 vole
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Beremendia fissidens1 Petényi 1864 shrew
fragmentary mandible with teeth
Sorex minutissimus2 long-tailed shrew
1 fragmentary maxillae and detached upper teeth; 10 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth
Sorex subaraneus2 long-tailed shrew
25 fragmentary maxillae and detached upper teeth; 102 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth
Sorex (Drepanosorex) "sp. 1"2 Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew
mandibular fragment with m1-m2 and coronoid and condyloid processes
Sorex minutus2 Linnaeus 1766 Eurasian pygmy shrew
3 fragmentary maxillae and detached upper teeth; 26 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth
Sorex (Drepanosorex) savini2 Hinton 1911 long-tailed shrew
12 fragmentary maxillae and detached upper teeth; 21 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth
Sorex runtonensis2 Hinton 1911 long-tailed shrew
247 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth
Sorex praealpinus2 Heller 1930 long-tailed shrew
22 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth
Neomys newtoni2 water shrew
7 fragmentary maxillae and detached upper teeth; 7 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth
Reptilia
 Squamata - Crotalidae
"Vipera berus" = Vipera (Pelias) berus3
"Vipera berus" = Vipera (Pelias) berus3 Linnaeus 1758 common adder
 Squamata - Colubridae
Elaphe longissima3 Laurenti 1768 colubrid snake
Coronella austriaca3 Laurenti 1768 smooth snake
Natrix natrix3 Linnaeus 1758 water snake