PBDB Collection

Kadzielnia (Pleistocene of Poland)

Also known as Kadzielnia Hill

Where: Poland (50.9° N, 20.6° E: paleocoordinates 50.9° N, 20.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: MN 17 (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)

• Comprable to the Villanyium horizon, equivalent to the Gunz-mindel Interglacial (1958). Assignable to mammalian zone MN 17/Q1 (Ref 9172, 1989).

Environment/lithology: cave

• fossils probably accumulated by the action of raain water which carried bones of animals...the caves were gradually filled in with limestone residuum with a high content of calcium carbonate

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: K. Kowalski. 1958. An early Pleistocene fauna of small mammals from the Kadzielnia Hill in Kielce (Poland). 3(1):1-48 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 32485: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 03.07.2003, edited by Jason Head and Lars van den Hoek Ostende

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Taxonomic list

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Amphibia
Salientia - Ranidae	Rana sp.⁴ Rana sp.⁴ Linnaeus 1758 frog
Salientia - Bufonidae	Bufonidae indet.⁴ Bufonidae indet.⁴ Gray 1825 toad
Reptilia
Squamata - Lacertidae	Lacerta sp.⁴ Lacerta sp.⁴ Linnaeus 1758 squamates
Squamata - Anguidae	Anguis cf. fragilis⁴, "Ophisaurus pannonicus" = Pseudopus pannonicus⁴ Anguis cf. fragilis⁴ Linneaus 1758 Slow worm "Ophisaurus pannonicus" = Pseudopus pannonicus⁴ Kormos 1911 legless lizard
Squamata - Natricidae	Natrix natrix¹¹ Natrix natrix¹¹ Linnaeus 1758 water snake
Squamata - Crotalidae	"Vipera berus" = Vipera (Pelias) berus¹¹ "Vipera berus" = Vipera (Pelias) berus¹¹ Linnaeus 1758 common adder
Squamata - Colubridae	Elaphe sp.⁴, Elaphe aff. longissima¹¹, Coronella austriaca¹¹ Elaphe sp.⁴ Wagler 1833 colubrid snake Elaphe aff. longissima¹¹ Laurenti 1768 colubrid snake Coronella austriaca¹¹ Laurenti 1768 smooth snake
Mammalia
Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae	Erinaceus sp.⁵ Erinaceus sp.⁵ Linnaeus 1758 hedgehog small mandibular fragment, m2, M2, M3
Soricomorpha - Talpidae	? Neurotrichus polonicus n. sp.¹⁰, Talpa fossilis, Talpa minor, ? Geotrypus copernici n. sp.¹⁰ ? Neurotrichus polonicus n. sp.¹⁰ Skoczen 1980 shrew mole Talpa fossilis Petenyi 1864 mole humeri, mandibular fragments and detached teeth Talpa minor Freudenberg 1914 mole humeri, mandibular fragments with teeth ? Geotrypus copernici n. sp.¹⁰ Skoczen 1980 mole
Soricomorpha - Soricidae	Beremendia fissidens, Beremendia fissidens⁶, Deinsdorfia hibbardi⁷, Petenyia hungarica, Sorex sp., Sorex subaraneus⁹, Sorex bor⁹, Sorex (Drepanosorex) praearaneus⁹, Sorex minutus⁹, Sulimskia kretzoii⁸, Blarinoides mariae⁶ Beremendia fissidens Petényi 1864 shrew mandibular fragments with teeth and detached teeth Beremendia fissidens⁶ Petényi 1864 shrew 138 specimens, fragmentary mandibles and maxillae with teeth Deinsdorfia hibbardi⁷ red-toothed shrew fragmentary mandible or detached lower tooth Petenyia hungarica Kormos 1934 red-toothed shrew incomplete mandible with teeth, and mandibular fragments Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew fragmentary mandibles and teeth Sorex subaraneus⁹ long-tailed shrew also re-ID of some of the S. cf. runtonensis specimens from ref 8762; 6 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth Sorex bor⁹ Reumer 1984 long-tailed shrew mandibular fragments with teeth Sorex (Drepanosorex) praearaneus⁹ Kormos 1934 long-tailed shrew 3 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth Sorex minutus⁹ Linnaeus 1766 Eurasian pygmy shrew 5 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth Sulimskia kretzoii⁸ Sulimski 1962 red-toothed shrew one fragmentary mandible or detached lower tooth Blarinoides mariae⁶ Sulimski 1959 red-toothed shrew fragmentary mandibles and maxillae with teeth
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Mimomys reidi, Mimomys newtoni, Mimomys pliocaenicus, Cricetus runtonensis², Dolomys episcopalis, Dolomys kretzoii n. sp., Allocricetus bursae², Allocricetus ehiki² Mimomys reidi vole fragments of mandibles, detached teeth Mimomys newtoni vole fragments of mandibles with teeth and detached teeth Mimomys pliocaenicus Forsyth Major 1889 vole fragment of palate with teeth, damaged mandibles detached teeth Cricetus runtonensis² rodent Dolomys episcopalis rodent mandibular fragments with teeth, and detached teeth Dolomys kretzoii n. sp. rodent damaged mandibles with teeth and detached teeth Allocricetus bursae² rodent Allocricetus ehiki² rodent
Rodentia - Muridae	Apodemus sp. Apodemus sp. Kaup 1829 Eurasian field mouse teeth
Rodentia - Sciuridae	Sciurus sp., "Citellus polonicus" = Spermophilus¹ Sciurus sp. Linnaeus 1758 squirrel tooth "Citellus polonicus" = Spermophilus¹ ground squirrel P4, M1or2, M3, 3p4, 5m1or2
Rodentia - Gliridae	Muscardinus sp., Muscardinus cf. avellanarius³, "Glis sp." = Myoxus (Glis)³ Muscardinus sp. Kaup 1829 dormouse tooth Muscardinus cf. avellanarius³ Linnaeus 1758 hazel dormouse m1 "Glis sp." = Myoxus (Glis)³ Brisson 1762 dormouse mandible with all teeth, and a rostral protion of a skull with P4-M1, mandibular fragments with m1-m2, p4-m2, 4 toothless fragments, 1 maxillary fragment with P4-M2, isolated teeth: 1d1, 1p4, 6m1, 7m2, 2m3, 3P4, 6M1, 3M2, 1M3
Lagomorpha - Leporidae	Hypolagus brachygnathus, Pliolagus cf. tothi Hypolagus brachygnathus rabbit fragments of mandibles with teeth (some complete), some postcranial bones Pliolagus cf. tothi rabbit fragments of mandibles with detached teeth
Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae	Rhinolophus cf. ferrumequinum Rhinolophus cf. ferrumequinum Schreber 1774 greater horseshoe bat mandibular fragment with teeth, and detached teeth
Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae	Myotis sp., Myotis cf. exilis Myotis sp. Kaup 1829 vesper bat fragments of mandibles with teeth Myotis cf. exilis Heller 1936 vesper bat fragments of mandible with teeth

¹Black and Kowalski 1974; ²Fahlbusch 1969; ³Kowalski 1963; ⁴Mlynarski 1962; ⁵Rzebik-Kowalska 1971; ⁶Rzebik-Kowalska 1976; ⁷Rzebik-Kowalska 1990; ⁸Rzebik-Kowalska 1990; ⁹Rzebik-Kowalska 1991; ¹⁰Skoczen 1980; ¹¹Szyndlar 1984