Kielniki (Pleistocene of Poland)

Also known as Kielniki 3A

Where: Poland (52.4° N, 19.8° E: paleocoordinates 52.4° N, 19.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• Probably comes from the Gunz Glaciation, based on biostratigraphy (1976). Assigned to mammalian zone MN Q1 (Ref 9172, 1989).

Environment/lithology: fissure fill; limestone

• fossils in fillings of karst crevices

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: B. Rzebik-Kowalska. 1976. The Neogene and Pleistocene Insectivores (Mammalia) of Poland. III. Soricidae: Beremendia and Blarinoides. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 21(12):359-386 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 34192: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 21.08.2003, edited by Jason Head and Evangelos Vlachos

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Mollusca indet. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Beremendia fissidens Petényi 1864 shrew
13 specimens, fragments of mandibles and maxillae with teeth
Petenyia hungarica2 Kormos 1934 red-toothed shrew
1 fragmentary maxilla or detached upper tooth
Sorex minutus3 Linnaeus 1766 Eurasian pygmy shrew
2 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth
Sorex (Drepanosorex) praearaneus3 Kormos 1934 long-tailed shrew
2 fragmentary maxillae and detached upper teeth; 9 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth
Sorex bor3 Reumer 1984 long-tailed shrew
6 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth
Reptilia
 Squamata - Colubridae
Natrix natrix4 Linnaeus 1758 water snake
Coronella austriaca4 Laurenti 1768 smooth snake
 Squamata - Crotalidae
"Vipera berus" = Vipera (Pelias) berus4
"Vipera berus" = Vipera (Pelias) berus4 Linnaeus 1758 common adder
 Squamata - Lacertidae
Lacerta agilis1 Linneaus 1758 Sand lizard
Amphibia
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 frog
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Bufo bufo1 Linnaeus 1758 toad