Niedostepna Cave (Pleistocene of Poland)

Where: Krakow, Poland (50.2° N, 19.7° E: paleocoordinates 50.2° N, 19.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: cave

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

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: Z. Szyndlar. 1984. Fossil snakes from Poland. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 28(1):1-156 [J. Head/J. Head/J. Head]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 48543: authorized by Jason Head, entered by Jason Head on 22.03.2005, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Bufo cf. bufo Linnaeus 1758 toad
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana cf. temporaria Linnaeus 1758 common frog
Reptilia
 Squamata - Crotalidae
"Vipera berus" = Vipera (Pelias) berus
"Vipera berus" = Vipera (Pelias) berus Linnaeus 1758 common adder
 Squamata - Colubridae
Elaphe longissima Laurenti 1768 colubrid snake
Coronella austriaca Laurenti 1768 smooth snake