Where: Silesia, Poland (50.7° N, 17.9° E: paleocoordinates 51.0° N, 16.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Langhian to Langhian (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• Middle Miocene, MN 5-7.
Environment/lithology: "channel"
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: Fauna needs revising, Opole 1 was discovered and published by Wagner in 1913, but most of the specimens have disappeared since then.
Primary reference: K. Kowalski. 1990. Stratigraphy of Neogene mammals in Poland. In E.H. Lindsay, V. Fahlbusch and P. Mein, eds., European Neogene Mammal Chronology, Plenum Press, New York 193-209 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 42588: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 03.08.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
Gomphotherium angustidens Burmeister 1837 gomphothere | |
Ursavus primaevus Gaillard 1899 bear | |
Trochotherium cyamoides mustelid carnivore | |
Alopecocyon goeriachensis Toula 1884 red panda | |
Anchitherium aurelianense Cuvier 1825 anchitheriine horse | |
Chalicotherium grande de Blainville 1849 chalicothere | |
Brachypotherium brachypus, "Aceratherium tetradactylum" = Hoploaceratherium tetradactylum, Aceratherium simorrense
Brachypotherium brachypus Lartet 1848 rhinoceros
"Aceratherium tetradactylum" = Hoploaceratherium tetradactylum Lartet 1837 rhinoceros
Aceratherium simorrense rhinoceros | |
Conohyus simorrensis Lartet 1851 pig | |
Euprox furcatus Hensel 1859 deer | |
Palaeomeryx eminens ruminant | |
Talpa minuta Blainville 1840 mole | |
""Erinaceus" "sansaniensis"" = Lantanotherium sansaniensis
""Erinaceus" "sansaniensis"" = Lantanotherium sansaniensis Lartet 1851 hedgehog | |
Metacordylodon schlosseri Andreae 1904 placental | |
Eurolagus fontannesi placental | |
Democricetodon gaillardi Schaub 1925 mouse | |
Miopetaurista gibberosa Hofmann 1893 squirrel | |
Chalicomys jaegeri beaver | |
Pliopithecus antiquus Blainville 1839 monkey |