Kozi Grzbiet: Pleistocene, Poland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Petauria sp.
1 specimen
m1or2
Macroneomys brachygnatus
Rzebik-Kowalska 1991 1 individual
fragment of a mandible with M1-M2
Reptilia - Colubridae
Natrix natrix Linnaeus 1758
Szyndlar 1984 110320 specimens
Elaphe longissima Laurenti 1768
Szyndlar 1984 1568 specimens
Coronella austriaca Laurenti 1768
Szyndlar 1984 37 specimens
Reptilia - Crotalidae
Vipera berus (Linnaeus 1758)
Szyndlar 1984 8 specimens
recombined as Vipera (Pelias) berus
Mammalia - Soricidae
Neomys newtoni
Rzebik-Kowalska 1991 4 individuals
7 fragmentary maxillae and detached upper teeth; 7 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth
Sorex minutissimus
Rzebik-Kowalska 1991 7 individuals
1 fragmentary maxillae and detached upper teeth; 10 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth
Sorex subaraneus
Rzebik-Kowalska 1991 38 individuals
25 fragmentary maxillae and detached upper teeth; 102 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth
Sorex (Drepanosorex) informal sp. 1 Linnaeus 1758
Rzebik-Kowalska 1991 1 specimen
mandibular fragment with m1-m2 and coronoid and condyloid processes
Sorex praealpinus Heller 1930
Rzebik-Kowalska 1991 8 individuals
22 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth
Sorex minutus Linnaeus 1766
Rzebik-Kowalska 1991 14 individuals
3 fragmentary maxillae and detached upper teeth; 26 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth
Sorex (Drepanosorex) savini Hinton 1911
Rzebik-Kowalska 1991 10 individuals
12 fragmentary maxillae and detached upper teeth; 21 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth
Sorex runtonensis Hinton 1911
Rzebik-Kowalska 1991 79 individuals
247 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth
Beremendia fissidens (Petényi 1864)
Rzebik-Kowalska 1976 1 specimen
fragmentary mandible with teeth
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Citellus polonicus
5 specimens
synonym of Spermophilus
2M1or2, p4, m1or2, m3
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Lemmus sp. Link 1795
von Koenigswald and Heinrich 1999
Mimomys savini
von Koenigswald and Heinrich 1999
Clethrionomys glareolus
von Koenigswald and Heinrich 1999
synonym of Myodes
Microtus ex gr. nivalis
von Koenigswald and Heinrich 1999
Microtus ex gr. agrestis (Linnaeus 1761)
von Koenigswald and Heinrich 1999
Microtus ex gr. oeconomus (Pallas 1776)
von Koenigswald and Heinrich 1999
Dicrostonyx simplicior
von Koenigswald and Heinrich 1999
Pliomys episcopalis
von Koenigswald and Heinrich 1999
see common names

Geography
Country:Poland
Coordinates: 49.2° North, 19.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:49.2° North, 19.9° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58800 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: sediments probably Cromerian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Lithology description: sediments in a limestone cave
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
Database number:33874
Authorizer:J. Alroy, J. Head, A. Turner Enterer:E. Leckey, H. O'Regan, J. Head
Modifier:E. Leckey Research group:vertebrate
Created:2003-08-07 17:17:11 Last modified:2003-08-07 20:17:11
Access level:the public Released:2003-08-07 17:17:11
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:

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]
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]
9643PACED W. von Koenigswald and W.-D. Heinrich. 1999. Mittelpleistozane Saugetierfaunen aus Mitteleuropa - der Versuch einer biostratigraphischen Zuordnung. Kaupia 9:53-112 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]