Cave Raj (Pleistocene of Poland)

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

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• "...sediments accumulated in the Early Wurm (from the end of Broerup interstadial and the beginnings of Wurm II)..."

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

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

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 33976: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 11.08.2003, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

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Amphibia
 Salientia - Pelobatidae
Pelobates fuscus
Pelobates fuscus Laurenti 1768 Common Eurasian spadefoot toad
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana sp.
Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758 frog
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Bufo sp.
Bufo sp. Laurenti 1768 toad
 Salientia - Bombinatoridae
Bombina sp.
Bombina sp. Oken 1816 fire-bellied toad
Reptilia
 Squamata - Lacertidae
Lacerta cf. vivipara
 Squamata - Anguidae
Anguis fragilis
Anguis fragilis Linneaus 1758 Slow worm
 Squamata - Natricidae
Natrix natrix
Natrix natrix Linnaeus 1758 water snake
 Squamata - Crotalidae
"Vipera berus" = Vipera (Pelias) berus
"Vipera berus" = Vipera (Pelias) berus Linnaeus 1758 common adder
 Squamata - Colubridae
Elaphe longissima
Elaphe longissima Laurenti 1768 colubrid snake
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
"Citellus (Colobotis) superciliosus" = Spermophilus, "Citellus (Citellus) citelloides" = Spermophilus
"Citellus (Colobotis) superciliosus" = Spermophilus ground squirrel
M1or2, M3 (layer 6); P4 (layer 9);P4, p4 (layer 10); p3, M1or2, m2, (layer 11/1); m2 (layer 11/2)
"Citellus (Citellus) citelloides" = Spermophilus ground squirrel
M1or2, 3m1or2 (layer 2); m1or2 (layer 3); fragment of right maxilla with M1 and M2, 2P3, P4, 4M1or2, 4M3, 3p4, 6m1or2, 2m3 (layer 4); m1or2, m3 (layer 5); P3, 2P4, 2M1or2, 2M3, 4 partial upper molars, 2p4, 7 m1or2, 3 partial lower molars (layer 6); partial lower molar (layer 8); P4, M3 (layer 9), m1or2 (layer 11/1); material without stratigraphic position M3, p4