PBDB Collection

Opole 2, Silesia (Miocene to of Poland)

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)

• Difference of opinion on age, Glazek & Szynkiewicz (1987: referenced in paper) say younger than Opole 1 and possibly MN7, Kowalski says 'In my opinion there is no reason to believe that both localities in Ople are of different age.' (p. 203). Middle Miocene, MN5-7.

Environment/lithology:

• loams, unlike Opole 1 these were not covered in lignite.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: Discovered in 1950.

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 42594: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 03.08.2004, edited by Jason Head, Evangelos Vlachos, Terri Cleary and Torsten Liebrecht

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Taxonomic list

• 1 tapir tooth and 13 rodent species.

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Reptilia
Squamata - Anguidae	Ophisaurus moguntinus² Ophisaurus moguntinus² glass lizard From Opole, but unspecified subcollection, so placed here uncertainly. Relatively abundant.
Squamata - Viperidae	Viperidae indet.² Viperidae indet.² Oppel 1811 viper 2 vertebrae; from Opole, but unspecified subcollection, so placed here uncertainly.
Squamata - Crotalidae	Vipera sp.⁴ Vipera sp.⁴ Laurenti 1768 pit viper
Squamata - Loxocemidae	Ogmophis europaeus³ Ogmophis europaeus³ Meynarski 1982 Mexican burrowing snake
Squamata - Colubridae	Palaeonatrix silesiaca n. gen. n. sp.³, ? Coluber sp.³ Palaeonatrix silesiaca n. gen. n. sp.³ colubrid snake ? Coluber sp.³ Linnaeus 1758 racer
Testudines - Geoemydidae	Geoemyda eureia¹ Geoemyda eureia¹ Wegner 1913 turtle complete shell
Mammalia
Perissodactyla - Tapiridae	Tapirus cf. telleri Tapirus cf. telleri tapir 1 tooth.
Rodentia - Sciuridae	Miopetaurista gaillardi, Miopetaurista gibberosa, Spermophilinus bredai, Palaeosciurus cf. fissurae Miopetaurista gaillardi Mein 1970 squirrel Miopetaurista gibberosa Hofmann 1893 squirrel Spermophilinus bredai von Meyer 1848 squirrel Palaeosciurus cf. fissurae squirrel
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Eumyarion bifidus, Democricetodon gaillardi, cf. Megacricetodon bavaricus Eumyarion bifidus Fahlbusch 1964 rodent Democricetodon gaillardi Schaub 1925 rodent cf. Megacricetodon bavaricus Fahlbusch 1964 rodent
Rodentia - Anomalomyidae	Anomalomys gaudryi Anomalomys gaudryi Mein and Freudenthal 1971 rodent
Rodentia - Gliridae	Glis cf. vallesiensis Glis cf. vallesiensis Agusti 1981 dormouse
Rodentia - Eomyidae	Keramidomys carpathicus Keramidomys carpathicus Schaub and Zapfe 1953 rodent
Rodentia - Castoridae	Steneofiber eseri, Steneofiber minutus, Chalicomys jaegeri Steneofiber eseri beaver Steneofiber minutus beaver Chalicomys jaegeri beaver
Amphibia
Salientia - Bombinatoridae	Bombina sp.² Bombina sp.² Oken 1816 fire-bellied toad From Opole, but unspecified subcollection, so placed here uncertainly.
Salientia - Palaeobatrachidae	Palaeobatrachidae indet.² Palaeobatrachidae indet.² Cope 1865 frog From Opole, but unspecified subcollection, so placed here uncertainly.
Salientia - Discoglossidae	Latonia seyfriedi² Latonia seyfriedi² von Meyer 1843 painted frog From Opole, but unspecified subcollection, so placed here uncertainly. Dominant amphibian taxon.
Caudata - Urodela	Chelotriton paradoxus² Chelotriton paradoxus² Pomel 1853 newt From Opole, but unspecified subcollection, so placed here uncertainly.

¹Mlynarski 1984; ²Mlynarski 1984; ³Szyndlar 1984; ⁴Szyndlar 1991