Where: Poland (55.4° N, 19.8° E: paleocoordinates 55.4° N, 19.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: MN 17 (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)
• Probably comes from the Gunz Glaciation, based on biostratigraphy (1976). Assigned to mammalian zone MN 17 (Ref 9172, 1989).
Environment/lithology: fissure fill; limestone
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: B. Rzebik-Kowalska. 1989. Pliocene and Pleistocene Insectivora (Mammalia) of Poland. V. Soricidae: Petenyia Kormos, 1934 and Blarinella Thomas, 1911. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 32(11):521-546 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 34682: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 15.09.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Petenyia hungarica, Deinsdorfia hibbardi1, Sorex minutus2, Sorex (Drepanosorex) praearaneus2, Sorex bor2, Sorex praealpinus2
Petenyia hungarica Kormos 1934 red-toothed shrew 3 fragmentary mandibles and detatched teeth; 10 fragmentary maxillae and detached upper teeth
Deinsdorfia hibbardi1 red-toothed shrew 1 fragmentary maxilla or detached upper tooth; 2 fragmentary mandibles or detached lower teeth
Sorex (Drepanosorex) praearaneus2 Kormos 1934 long-tailed shrew 5 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth
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