Zamkowa Dolna: MN 15, Poland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Colubridae
Elaphe longissima Laurenti 1768
Szyndlar 1984 10 specimens
Mammalia - Soricidae
Blarinoides mariae Sulimski 1959
Rzebik-Kowalska 1976 19 specimens
fragmentary mandibles and maxillae with teeth
Sorex casimiri
Rzebik-Kowalska 1991 12 individuals
Zamkowa Dolna Cave B; 29 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth
Sorex praealpinus Heller 1930
Rzebik-Kowalska 1991 1 individual
Zamkowa Dolna Cave C; 1 fragmentary maxilla or detached upper tooth
Sorex minutus Linnaeus 1766
Rzebik-Kowalska 1991 30 individuals
Zamkowa Dolna Cave C; 4 fragmentary maxillae and detached upper teeth; 74 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth
Sorex (Drepanosorex) savini Hinton 1911
Rzebik-Kowalska 1991 1 individual
Zamkowa Dolna Cave C; 1 fragmentary mandible or detached lower tooth
Sorex (Drepanosorex) praearaneus Kormos 1934
Rzebik-Kowalska 1991 35 individuals
37 fragmentary maxillae and detached upper teeth; 98 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth
Petenyia hungarica Kormos 1934
Rzebik-Kowalska 1989 26 individuals
58 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth; 29 fragmentary maxillae and detached upper teeth
Amblycoptus cf. topali Jánossy 1972
Rzebik-Kowalska 1975 1 specimen
recombined as Kordosia topali
left mandibular fragment with m1 and m2
Petenyia robusta Rzebik-Kowalska 1989
Rzebik-Kowalska 1989 2 individuals
recombined as Cokia robusta
2 fragmentary mandible and detached lower teeth; 1 fragmentary maxilla and detached upper teeth
Beremendia fissidens (Petényi 1864)
Rzebik-Kowalska 1976 101 specimens
fragmentary mandibles and maxillae with teeth
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Citellus polonicus
1 specimen
synonym of Spermophilus
m1or2
Pliopetaurista cf. pliocaenica
7 specimens
P4, 4M1or2, 2M3
Sciurus cf. warthae
5 specimens
2P4, 2M1or2, m3
Mammalia - Rodentia - Eomyidae
Estramomys cf. simplex
Fahlbusch 1978 1 specimen
P4
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae
Bufo sp. Laurenti 1768
Holman 1998
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae
Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758
Holman 1998
see common names

Geography
Country:Poland County:Czestochowa
Coordinates: 50.8° North, 19.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:50.9° North, 18.9° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:314 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:MN 15
Age range of interval:4.20000 - 3.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Sediments accumulated during the last glaciationfauna is slightly younger than the fauna from Rebielice Krolewskie (1974). Assigned to mammalian zone MN 15 (Ref 9172, 1989).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:red "limestone"
Lithology description: a karst picket filled with reddish sediments
Environment:cave
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Disassociated minor elements:all
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Zamkowa Dolna Cave
Database number:33872
Authorizer:J. Alroy, J. Head, E. Vlachos Enterer:E. Leckey, J. Head, E. Vlachos
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:2003-08-07 15:20:35 Last modified:2007-03-02 22:30:00
Access level:the public Released:2003-08-07 15:20:35
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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]

Secondary references:

8888 V. Fahlbusch. 1978. Pliozane und Pleistozane Eomyidae (Rodentia, Mammalia) aus Polen. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 23(2):13-28 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]
66368 J. A. Holman. 1998. Pleistocene Amphibians and Reptiles in Britain and Europe. Oxford Monographs on Geology and Geophysics 1-265 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]
8999 B. Rzebik-Kowalska. 1975. The Pliocene and Pleistocene Insectivores (Mammalia) of Poland. II. Soricidae: Paranourosorex and Amblycoptus. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 20(6):167-184 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]
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]
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]
12914 Z. Szyndlar. 1984. Fossil snakes from Poland. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 28(1):1-156 [J. Head/J. Head/J. Head]