Niedostepna Cave: Pleistocene, 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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25 specimens | ||||||
Coronella austriaca
Laurenti 1768
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3 specimens | ||||||
Reptilia
- Crotalidae
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Vipera berus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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7 specimens | ||||||
recombined as Vipera (Pelias) berus | |||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Bufonidae
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Bufo cf. bufo
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Holman 1998 | ||||||
original and current combination Rana bufo | |||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Ranidae
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Rana cf. temporaria
Linnaeus 1758
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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] |