Belchatow A: MN 9, Poland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Dimylidae
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? Chainodus sp.
Ziegler 1990
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Rzebik-Kowalska 1996 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
| ?C, 1p1, 2p4, 1m1, 1m2, minimum 2 individuals | ||||||||||
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Plesiodimylus sp.
Gaillard 1897
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Rzebik-Kowalska 1996 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| 2ms | ||||||||||
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Plesiodimylus chantrei
Gaillard 1899
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Rzebik-Kowalska 1996 | 35 specimens | ||||||||
| 1?I1, 1?P1, 2?P3, 2P4, 3p1, 4m1, 6m2, plus lots of fragments, minimum 6 individuals | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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cf. Crusafontina sp.
Gibert 1975
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Rzebik-Kowalska 1994 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
| 3I1, 1i1, all broken, minimum 2 individuals | ||||||||||
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Dinosorex sp.
Engesser 1972
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Rzebik-Kowalska 1994 | 48 specimens | ||||||||
| 4I1, 5A1, 2P4, 5M1, 7M2, 2M3, plus lots of broken and fragmented pieces, minimum 5 individuals | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Microtocricetus molassicus
Fahlbusch and Mayr 1975
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Kowalski 1993 | 19 specimens | ||||||||
| 3m1, 4m2, 4m3, 3M1, 2M2, 3M3 (and several fragments) at least 3 individuals | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Gliridae
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Glis vallesiensis
Agusti 1981
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Kowalski 1997 | 86 specimens | ||||||||
| minimum 14 individuals | ||||||||||
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Glirulus lissiensis
Hugueney and Mein 1965
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Kowalski 1997 | 21 specimens | ||||||||
| 3p4, 3m1, 6m2, 1m3, 1P4, 3M1, 1M2, 3M3 | ||||||||||
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Glirulus werenfelsi
Engesser 1972
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Kowalski 1997 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
| 1p4, 1m1, 1m2, 1M2, 1M3 | ||||||||||
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Muscardinus hispanicus
de Bruijn 1966
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Kowalski 1997 | 10 specimens | ||||||||
| 5m1, 1m2, 1dP4, 1P4, 1M1, fragments, minimum 3 individuals | ||||||||||
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Microdyromys sp.
de Bruijn 1966
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Kowalski 1997 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| 1p4, 1m1, 1m2 | ||||||||||
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Bransatoglis astaracensis
(Baudelot 1970)
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Kowalski 1997 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| 1m2, 1M2 | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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| "freshwater snails" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Poland |
| Coordinates: | 51.4° North, 19.4° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 51.7° North, 18.5° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Altitude: | 207 meters |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Tortonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | Middle Miocene |
| Key time interval: | MN 9 | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.10000 - 9.70000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Local order: | top to bottom | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: material collected from three horizons in the brown-coal mine, unit A represents mammal zone MN 9 [JA: A entered in local bed field] | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | coal |
| Secondary lithology: | shelly/skeletal "carbonate" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: brown coal mine containing several layers of limnic carbonate sediments intercalated between coal seams | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
| Disassociated minor elements: | all |
| Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 31039 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | E. Leckey |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-04-07 16:39:22 | Last modified: | 2007-03-02 22:27:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-04-07 16:39:22 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 8432. | E. Stworzewicz and A. Szynkiewicz. 1989. Miocenskie slimaki ladowe we wschodniej czesci odkrywki KWB Belchatow [Miocene land snails from eastern part of Belchatow Brown Coal delf.]. Kwartalink Geologiczny 32(3-4):655-662 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey] |
Secondary references:
| 8434 | K. Kowalski. 1993. Microtocricetus molassicus Fahlbusch and Mayr, 1975 (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Miocene of Belchatow (Poland). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 36(2):251-258 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey] | |
| 8378 | 5% 2680 | K. Kowalski. 1997. Gliridae (Mammalia: Rodentia) from the Miocene of Belchatow in Poland. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 40(2):173-198 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/M. Uhen] |
| 8440 | B. Rzebik-Kowalska. 1994. Insectivora (Mammalia) from the Miocene of Belchatow in Poland. II. Soricidae Fischer von Waldheim, 1817. Acta zoologica Cracoviensia 37(1):137-155 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey] | |
| 8441 | B. Rzebik-Kowalska. 1996. Insectivora (Mammalia) from the Miocene of Belchatow, Poland. III. Dimylidae Schlosser, 1887. Acta zoologica Cracoviensia 39(1):447-468 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey] |