Also known as Zalesiaki 1B
Where: Poland (51.1° N, 18.9° E: paleocoordinates 51.2° N, 18.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: MN 14 to MN 14 (4.9 - 3.2 Ma)
• Contains mostly species characteristic of the Cromerian Interglacial (Gunz-Mindel) but also a mixture of older (Pliocene) elements were present (1974). Assigned to mammalian zone MN 14/15 (Ref 9172, 1989).
Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 33873: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 07.08.2003, edited by Jason Head
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Natrix natrix6 Linnaeus 1758 water snake record represents combined Zalesiaki A & Zalesiaki B (Szyndlar, 1984:10)
Elaphe aff. longissima6 Laurenti 1768 colubrid snake record represents combined Zalesiaki A & Zalesiaki B (Szyndlar, 1984:10)
Coronella austriaca6 Laurenti 1768 smooth snake record represents combined Zalesiaki A & Zalesiaki B (Szyndlar, 1984:10)
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"Vipera berus" = Vipera (Pelias) berus6
"Vipera berus" = Vipera (Pelias) berus6 Linnaeus 1758 common adder record represents combined Zalesiaki A & Zalesiaki B (Szyndlar, 1984:10)
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Mammalia | |
"Blarinella europaea" = Alloblarinella europaea3, Neomys newtoni5, Paenelimnoecus pannonicus4, Sorex casimiri5, Sorex minutus5, Sorex (Drepanosorex) savini5, Sorex runtonensis5, Blarinella dubia3, Beremendia fissidens2
"Blarinella europaea" = Alloblarinella europaea3 Reumer 1984 shrew 3 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth
Neomys newtoni5 water shrew 1 fragmentary maxilla or detached upper tooth; 1 fragmentary mandible or detached lower tooth
Sorex minutus5 Linnaeus 1766 Eurasian pygmy shrew 5 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth, Ref 9224 adds more material
Sorex (Drepanosorex) savini5 Hinton 1911 long-tailed shrew 6 fragmentary maxillae and detached upper teeth; 8 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth
Blarinella dubia3 Asiatic short-tailed shrew 2 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth; 1 fragmentary maxilla and detached upper teeth
Beremendia fissidens2 Petényi 1864 shrew 29 specimens, fragmentary mandibles and maxillae with teeth
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"Citellus polonicus" = Spermophilus, Pliopetaurista meini n. sp.
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