Ciasna Cave: Pleistocene, Poland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Crotalidae
Vipera berus (Linnaeus 1758)
1 specimen
recombined as Vipera (Pelias) berus
Reptilia - Colubridae
Elaphe longissima Laurenti 1768
10 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae
Bufo cf. bufo (Linnaeus 1758)
Holman 1998
original and current combination Rana bufo
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae
Rana cf. temporaria Linnaeus 1758
Holman 1998
see common names

Geography
Country:Poland
Coordinates: 50.0° North, 19.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:50.0° North, 18.9° East
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Disassociated major elements:all
Collection methods and comments
Collection size:11
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:48552
Authorizer:J. Head, E. Vlachos Enterer:J. Head, E. Vlachos
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-03-22 20:53:36 Last modified:2006-08-14 01:30:23
Access level:the public Released:2005-03-22 20:53:35
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
12914. Z. Szyndlar. 1984. Fossil snakes from Poland. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 28(1):1-156 [J. Head/J. Head/J. Head]

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]