Zamkowa Dolna: MN 15, Poland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Elaphe longissima
Laurenti 1768
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Szyndlar 1984 | 10 specimens | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Blarinoides mariae
Sulimski 1959
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Rzebik-Kowalska 1976 | 19 specimens | ||||||||
fragmentary mandibles and maxillae with teeth | ||||||||||
Sorex casimiri
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Rzebik-Kowalska 1991 | 12 individuals | ||||||||
Zamkowa Dolna Cave B; 29 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth | ||||||||||
Sorex praealpinus
Heller 1930
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Rzebik-Kowalska 1991 | 1 individual | ||||||||
Zamkowa Dolna Cave C; 1 fragmentary maxilla or detached upper tooth | ||||||||||
Sorex minutus
Linnaeus 1766
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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
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Rzebik-Kowalska 1991 | 1 individual | ||||||||
Zamkowa Dolna Cave C; 1 fragmentary mandible or detached lower tooth | ||||||||||
Sorex (Drepanosorex) praearaneus
Kormos 1934
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Rzebik-Kowalska 1991 | 35 individuals | ||||||||
37 fragmentary maxillae and detached upper teeth; 98 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth | ||||||||||
Petenyia hungarica
Kormos 1934
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Rzebik-Kowalska 1989 | 26 individuals | ||||||||
58 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth; 29 fragmentary maxillae and detached upper teeth | ||||||||||
Amblycoptus cf. topali
Jánossy 1972
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Rzebik-Kowalska 1975 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
recombined as Kordosia topali | ||||||||||
left mandibular fragment with m1 and m2 | ||||||||||
Petenyia robusta
Rzebik-Kowalska 1989
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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)
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Rzebik-Kowalska 1976 | 101 specimens | ||||||||
fragmentary mandibles and maxillae with teeth | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Citellus polonicus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
synonym of Spermophilus | ||||||||||
m1or2 | ||||||||||
Pliopetaurista cf. pliocaenica
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7 specimens | |||||||||
P4, 4M1or2, 2M3 | ||||||||||
Sciurus cf. warthae
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5 specimens | |||||||||
2P4, 2M1or2, m3 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Eomyidae
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Estramomys cf. simplex
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Fahlbusch 1978 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
P4 | ||||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Bufonidae
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Bufo sp.
Laurenti 1768
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Ranidae
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Rana sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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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] | |
9172 | 5% 17300 | 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] |
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] |