Nietoperzowa Cave (Pleistocene to of Poland)

Where: Krakow, Poland (50.2° N, 19.7° E: paleocoordinates 50.2° N, 19.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Pleistocene to Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)

• sediments accumulated between Late Riss and Late Wurm

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

• probably a cave in Jurassic limestone, but not specified for this locality

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 33977: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 11.08.2003, edited by Jason Head and Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

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Amphibia
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana sp.1
Rana sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 frog
Reptilia
 Squamata - Colubridae
Natrix natrix2
Natrix natrix2 Linnaeus 1758 water snake
 Squamata - Crotalidae
"Vipera berus" = Vipera (Pelias) berus2
"Vipera berus" = Vipera (Pelias) berus2 Linnaeus 1758 common adder
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
"Citellus (Colobotis) superciliosus" = Spermophilus, "Citellus (Citellus) citelloides" = Spermophilus
"Citellus (Colobotis) superciliosus" = Spermophilus ground squirrel
m3 (layer 8)
"Citellus (Citellus) citelloides" = Spermophilus ground squirrel
m3 (layer 8)
1Holman 1998; 2Szyndlar 1984