Mamutowa Cave: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Poland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Citellus (Colobotis) superciliosus
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| synonym of Spermophilus | ||||||||||
| m1 (layer 2); M1or2 (layer 3); p4 (layer 8); M1or2, m2 (layer 9) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Sorex minutissimus
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Rzebik-Kowalska 1991 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| 2 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Ranidae
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Rana temporaria
Linnaeus 1758
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Poland | State/province: | Krakow |
| Coordinates: | 50.1° North, 19.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 50.8° North, 19.9° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Altitude: | 233 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: late Wurm |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Lithology description: probably a cave in Jurassic limestone, but not specified for this locality | |
| Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
| Disassociated minor elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 33978 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Leckey, E. Vlachos |
| Modifier: | E. Leckey | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-08-11 10:13:57 | Last modified: | 2003-08-11 13:13:57 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-08-11 10:13:57 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 8887. | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 66368 | J. A. Holman. 1998. Pleistocene Amphibians and Reptiles in Britain and Europe. Oxford Monographs on Geology and Geophysics 1-265 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |