Kadzielnia: MN 17, Poland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae
Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mlynarski 1962
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae
Bufonidae indet. Gray 1825
Mlynarski 1962
Reptilia - Anguidae
Ophisaurus pannonicus Kormos 1911
Mlynarski 1962
recombined as Pseudopus pannonicus
Anguis cf. fragilis Linneaus 1758
Mlynarski 1962
Reptilia - Crotalidae
Vipera berus (Linnaeus 1758)
Szyndlar 1984 29 specimens
recombined as Vipera (Pelias) berus
Reptilia - Colubridae
Coronella austriaca Laurenti 1768
Szyndlar 1984 17 specimens
Elaphe sp. Wagler 1833
Mlynarski 1962
Elaphe aff. longissima Laurenti 1768
Szyndlar 1984 277 specimens
Natrix natrix Linnaeus 1758
Szyndlar 1984 96 specimens
Reptilia - Lacertidae
Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mlynarski 1962
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae
Rhinolophus cf. ferrumequinum (Schreber 1774)
2 specimens
mandibular fragment with teeth, and detached teeth
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Myotis sp. Kaup 1829
6 specimens
fragments of mandibles with teeth
Myotis cf. exilis Heller 1936
3 specimens
fragments of mandible with teeth
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciurus sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
tooth
Citellus polonicus
Black and Kowalski 1974 11 specimens
synonym of Spermophilus
P4, M1or2, M3, 3p4, 5m1or2
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus sp. Kaup 1829
2 specimens
teeth
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Mimomys reidi
21 specimens
fragments of mandibles, detached teeth
Mimomys newtoni
4 specimens
fragments of mandibles with teeth and detached teeth
Mimomys pliocaenicus (Forsyth Major 1889)
29 specimens
fragment of palate with teeth, damaged mandibles detached teeth
Allocricetus bursae
Fahlbusch 1969 8 specimens
Allocricetus ehiki
Fahlbusch 1969 2 specimens
Cricetus runtonensis
Fahlbusch 1969 2 specimens
Dolomys episcopalis
4 specimens
mandibular fragments with teeth, and detached teeth
Dolomys kretzoii n. sp.
8 specimens
damaged mandibles with teeth and detached teeth
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Muscardinus sp. Kaup 1829
1 specimen
tooth
Muscardinus cf. avellanarius (Linnaeus 1758)
Kowalski 1963 1 specimen
m1
Glis sp. Brisson 1762
Kowalski 1963 38 specimens
original and current combination Myoxus (Glis)
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
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Pliolagus cf. tothi
7 specimens
fragments of mandibles with detached teeth
Hypolagus brachygnathus
38 specimens
fragments of mandibles with teeth (some complete), some postcranial bones
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Erinaceus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Rzebik-Kowalska 1971 4 specimens
small mandibular fragment, m2, M2, M3
Mammalia - Talpidae
Talpa minor Freudenberg 1914
3 specimens
humeri, mandibular fragments with teeth
Talpa fossilis Petenyi 1864
3 specimens
humeri, mandibular fragments and detached teeth
? Geotrypus copernici n. sp. Skoczen 1980
Skoczen 1980
? Neurotrichus polonicus n. sp. Skoczen 1980
Skoczen 1980
Mammalia - Soricidae
Beremendia fissidens (Petényi 1864)
3 specimens
mandibular fragments with teeth and detached teeth
Beremendia fissidens (Petényi 1864)
Rzebik-Kowalska 1976 20 individuals
138 specimens, fragmentary mandibles and maxillae with teeth
Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758
3 specimens
fragmentary mandibles and teeth
Sorex subaraneus
Rzebik-Kowalska 1991 3 individuals
also re-ID of some of the S. cf. runtonensis specimens from ref 8762; 6 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth
Sorex minutus Linnaeus 1766
Rzebik-Kowalska 1991 3 individuals
5 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth
Sorex (Drepanosorex) praearaneus Kormos 1934
Rzebik-Kowalska 1991 2 individuals
3 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth
Sorex cf. runtonensis Hinton 1911
2 specimens
mandibular fragments with teeth
    = Sorex bor Reumer 1984
Rzebik-Kowalska 1991
3 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth (1 individual)
Deinsdorfia hibbardi
Rzebik-Kowalska 1990 1 individual
fragmentary mandible or detached lower tooth
Petenyia hungarica Kormos 1934
3 specimens
incomplete mandible with teeth, and mandibular fragments
Blarinoides mariae Sulimski 1959
Rzebik-Kowalska 1976 2 specimens
fragmentary mandibles and maxillae with teeth
Sulimskia kretzoii (Sulimski 1962)
Rzebik-Kowalska 1990 1 specimen
one fragmentary mandible or detached lower tooth
see common names

Geography
Country:Poland
Coordinates: 50.9° North, 20.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:50.9° North, 20.4° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Altitude:295 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Gelasian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Epoch:Early/Lower Pleistocene
Key time interval:MN 17
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 1.80000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Comprable to the Villanyium horizon, equivalent to the Gunz-mindel Interglacial (1958). Assignable to mammalian zone MN 17/Q1 (Ref 9172, 1989).
Lithology and environment
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:cave
Geology comments: 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
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Disassociated major elements:some
Disassociated minor elements:all
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Kadzielnia Hill
Database number:32485
Authorizer:J. Alroy, L. van den Hoek Ostende, J. Head Enterer:E. Leckey, J. Head, L. van den Hoek Ostende
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:2003-07-03 14:13:33 Last modified:2007-03-02 22:25:14
Access level:the public Released:2003-07-03 14:13:33
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
8762. 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]

Secondary references:

8887 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]
8885 V. Fahlbusch. 1969. Pliozane und Pleistozane Cricetinae (Rodentia, Mammalia) aus Polen. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 14(5):99-138 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]
8884 K. Kowalski. 1963. The Pliocene and Pleistocene Gliridae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from Poland. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 8(14):533-567 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]
8882 M. Mlynarski. 1962. Notes on the amphibian and reptilian fauna of the Polish Pliocene and Early Pleistocene. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 7(2):177-194 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]
8929 B. Rzebik-Kowalska. 1971. The Pliocene and Pleistocene Insectivores (Mammalia) of Poland I. Erinaceidae and Desmaninae. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 30(10):435-462 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/J. Alroy]
8998 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]
91725% 17300B. 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]
9173 B. Rzebik-Kowalska. 1990. Pliocene and Pleistocene Insectivora (mammalia) of Poland. VII. Soricidae: Mafia Reumer, 1984, Sulimskia Reumer, 1984 and Paenelimnoecus Baudelot, 1972. Acta Zoologia Cracoviensia 33(14):303-327 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]
9290 B. Rzebik-Kowalska. 1990. Pliocene and Pleistocene Insectivora (Mammalia) of Poland. VI. Soricidae: Deinsdorfia Heller, 1963 and Zelceina Sulimski, 1962. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 33(4):45-77 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]
9224 B. Rzebik-Kowalska. 1991. Pliocene and Pleistocene Insectivora (Mammalia) of Poland. VIII. Soricidae: Sorex Linnaeus, 1758, Neomys Kaup, 1829, Macroneomys Fejfar, 1966, Paenelimnoecus Baudelot, 1972 and Soricidae indeterminata. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 34(2):323-424 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/J. Alroy]
25535 S. Skoczen. 1980. Scaptonychini Van Valen, 1967, Urotrichini and Scalopini Dobson, 1883 (Insectivora, Mammalia) in the Pliocene and Pleistocene of Poland. Acta Zoologica Cracoviense 24(9):411-448 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende]
12914 Z. Szyndlar. 1984. Fossil snakes from Poland. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 28(1):1-156 [J. Head/J. Head/J. Head]