Niedostepna Cave: Pleistocene, Poland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Colubridae
Elaphe longissima Laurenti 1768
25 specimens
Coronella austriaca Laurenti 1768
3 specimens
Reptilia - Crotalidae
Vipera berus (Linnaeus 1758)
7 specimens
recombined as Vipera (Pelias) berus
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae
Bufo cf. bufo (Linnaeus 1758)
Holman 1998
original and current combination Rana bufo
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae
Rana cf. temporaria Linnaeus 1758
Holman 1998
see common names

Geography
Country:Poland State/province:Krakow
Coordinates: 50.2° North, 19.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:50.2° North, 19.6° 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
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: probably a cave in Jurassic limestone, but not specified for this locality
Environment:cave
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Disassociated major elements:all
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Collection size:35
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:48543
Authorizer:J. Head, E. Vlachos Enterer:J. Head, E. Vlachos
Modifier:J. Head Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-03-22 18:58:06 Last modified:2005-03-22 20:59:53
Access level:the public Released:2005-03-22 18:58:06
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

12914. Z. Szyndlar. 1984. Fossil snakes from Poland. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 28(1):1-156 [J. Head/J. Head/J. Head]

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]
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]