PBDB Collection

Belchatow B: MN 5 - MN 6, Poland

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

unclassified

	Palaina cf. martensi
Mammalia - Rodentia

	Neocometes similis Fahlbusch 1966	Kowalski 1993	6 specimens
	1m2, 2m3, 1M1, 1M2, 1M3, at least 3 individuals present
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae

	Microdyromys koenigswaldi de Bruijn 1966	Kowalski 1997	2 specimens
	1M1, 1M2

	Bransatoglis sp. Hugueney 1967	Kowalski 1997	5 specimens
	2m3, 1P4, 1M1, 1M2

	Glirudinus sp. de Bruijn 1966	Kowalski 1997	1 specimen
	1M1

	Glirudinus cf. minutus Wu 1993	Kowalski 1997	2 specimens
	1m1, 1M1

	Glirulus lissiensis Hugueney and Mein 1965	Kowalski 1997	3 specimens
	1m1, 1m2, 1M3

	Glirulus werenfelsi Engesser 1972	Kowalski 1997	4 specimens
	1m1, 2M1, 1M2, minimum 2 individuals

	Glis sp. Brisson 1762	Kowalski 1997	1 specimen
	original and current combination Myoxus (Glis)
	1M2
Mammalia - Soricidae

	Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814	Rzebik-Kowalska 1994	1 specimen
	i1 broken, proximal part only

	Dinosorex cf. zapfei Engesser 1975	Rzebik-Kowalska 1994	17 specimens
	2I1, 2i1, 1A1, 1m1, 2m2, 1m3 and lots of fragments, at least 3 indivicuals

	cf. Miosorex sp. Kretzoi 1959	Rzebik-Kowalska 1994	1 specimen
	I1 (broken, only apex and part of the talon preserved)
Mammalia - Plesiosoricidae

	Plesiosorex germanicus (Seemann 1938)	Rzebik-Kowalska 1993	5 specimens
	1M3, 2m1, 1m2, 1m3
Gastropoda

	Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
	"freshwater snails"
Gastropoda - Aciculidae

	Renea pretiosa (Andreae 1904)

	Acicula limbata Reuss 1861
	recombined as Acme limbata
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Endodontidae

	Endodontidae indet. Pilsbry 1895
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Zonitidae

	Zonitidae indet. Mörch 1864
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Vitrinidae

	Vitrinidae indet. Fitzinger 1833
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Helicidae

	Helicidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Clausiliidae

	Clausiliidae indet. Gray 1855
	4 species
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Azecidae

	Azeca sp. Fleming 1828
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Argnidae

	Argna oppoliensis (Andreae 1902)
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Gastrocoptidae

	Gastrocopta noulentiana

	Gastrocopta turgida

	Gastrocopta ferdinandi (Andreae 1902)
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Vertiginidae

	Negulus suturalis suturalis

	Vertigo minor

	Vertigo angulifera Boettger 1884

	Vertigo callosa (Reuss 1849)
	recombined as Vertigo (Vertigo) callosa
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Strobilopsidae

	Strobilops informal sp. 1 Pilsbry 1893

	Strobilops informal sp. 2 Pilsbry 1893
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acanthinulidae

	Acanthinula informal sp. 1 Beck 1847

	Acanthinula informal sp. 2 Beck 1847
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Oleacinidae

	Oleacinidae indet. Adams and Adams 1850
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Carychiidae

	Carychium schwageri

	Carychium eumicron Bourguignat 1857
	recombined as Carychium (Carychiella) eumicron
Bivalvia

	Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
see common names

Geography

Country:	Poland
Coordinates:	51.4° North, 19.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	51.7° North, 18.1° East
Basis of coordinate:	based on nearby landmark
Altitude:	207 meters
Geographic resolution:	outcrop

Time

Period:	Neogene	Epoch:	Miocene
10 m.y. bin:	Cenozoic 5
*Period:	Tertiary	*Epoch:	Middle Miocene
Key time interval:	MN 5 - MN 6
Age range of interval:	15.98000 - 12.80000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields

Stratigraphy

Local order:	top to bottom
Stratigraphy comments: material collected from three horizons in the brown-coal mine, unit B represents mammal zones MN 5/6 [JA: B entered in local bed field]

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	coal
Secondary lithology:	shelly/skeletal "carbonate"
Includes fossils?	Y
Lithology description: brown coal mine containing several layers of limnic carbonate sediments intercalated between coal seams
Environment:	terrestrial indet.

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body
Size of fossils:	mesofossils
Disassociated minor elements:	all

Collection methods and comments

Collection excludes:	species names
Collection methods:	field collection
Reason for describing collection:	taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: authors say that there are 30 sp. of land snails present

Metadata

Database number:	31040
Authorizer:	J. Alroy	Enterer:	E. Leckey
Modifier:	J. Alroy	Research group:	vertebrate
Created:	2003-04-07 16:48:38	Last modified:	2007-03-02 22:27:44
Access level:	the public	Released:	2003-04-07 16:48:38
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

8432.

E. Stworzewicz and A. Szynkiewicz. 1989. Miocenskie slimaki ladowe we wschodniej czesci odkrywki KWB Belchatow [Miocene land snails from eastern part of Belchatow Brown Coal delf.]. Kwartalink Geologiczny 32(3-4):655-662 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]

Secondary references:

8433		K. Kowalski. 1993. Neocometes Schaub and Zapfe, 1953 (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Miocene of Belchatow (Poland). Acta zoologica Cracoviensia 36(2):259-265 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]
8378	5% 2680	K. Kowalski. 1997. Gliridae (Mammalia: Rodentia) from the Miocene of Belchatow in Poland. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 40(2):173-198 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/M. Uhen]
8406	5% 4500	B. Rzebik-Kowalska. 1993. Insectivora (Mammalia) from the Miocene of Belchatow in Poland. I. Metacodontidae: Plesiosorex Pomel, 1854. Acta zoologica Cracoviensia 36(2):267-274 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/J. Alroy]
8440		B. Rzebik-Kowalska. 1994. Insectivora (Mammalia) from the Miocene of Belchatow in Poland. II. Soricidae Fischer von Waldheim, 1817. Acta zoologica Cracoviensia 37(1):137-155 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]