Kamyk (Pleistocene of Poland)

Where: Poland (50.9° N, 19.0° E: paleocoordinates 51.0° N, 19.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• Early Pleistocene, based on small mammals (1962). Assignable to mammalian zone Q1 (Ref 9172, 1989).

Environment/lithology: karst; shelly/skeletal, calcareous breccia

• bone breccia cemented with calcite in limestone quarry

Primary reference: M. Mlynarski. 1962. Notes on the amphibian and reptilian fauna of the Polish Pliocene and Early Pleistocene. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 7(2):177-194 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 33480: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 31.07.2003, edited by Jason Head

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Amphibia
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana sp.
Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758 frog
large form
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Bufo sp.
Bufo sp. Laurenti 1768 toad
Reptilia
 Squamata - Crotalidae
"Vipera berus" = Vipera (Pelias) berus7
"Vipera berus" = Vipera (Pelias) berus7 Linnaeus 1758 common adder
 Squamata - Viperidae
Viperidae indet.
Viperidae indet. Oppel 1811 viper
 Squamata - Colubridae
Elaphe sp., Elaphe aff. longissima7, Coronella austriaca7
Elaphe sp. Wagler 1833 colubrid snake
Elaphe aff. longissima7 Laurenti 1768 colubrid snake
Coronella austriaca7 Laurenti 1768 smooth snake
 Squamata - Natricidae
Natrix natrix7
Natrix natrix7 Linnaeus 1758 water snake
 Squamata - Lacertidae
Lacerta sp.
Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758 squamates
 Squamata - Anguidae
"Ophisaurus pannonicus" = Pseudopus pannonicus
"Ophisaurus pannonicus" = Pseudopus pannonicus Kormos 1911 legless lizard
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
? Tamias sp.1, "Citellus polonicus" = Spermophilus1
? Tamias sp.1 Illinger 1811 chipmunk
M1or2, m3
"Citellus polonicus" = Spermophilus1 ground squirrel
P4, M1or2, M3, 3p4, 5m1or2
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Allocricetus ehiki2
Allocricetus ehiki2 rodent
re-ID of Cricetus sp. Kowalski, 1964
 Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae
Erinaceus sp.3
Erinaceus sp.3 Linnaeus 1758 hedgehog
lower canine, m2
 Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Blarinoides mariae4, Petenyia hungarica5, Sorex (Drepanosorex) praearaneus6, Sorex bor6, Beremendia fissidens4
Blarinoides mariae4 Sulimski 1959 red-toothed shrew
7 specimens, fragmentary mandibles and maxillae with teeth
Petenyia hungarica5 Kormos 1934 red-toothed shrew
10 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth; 76 fragmentary maxillae and detached upper teeth
Sorex (Drepanosorex) praearaneus6 Kormos 1934 long-tailed shrew
1 fragmentary maxillae and detached upper teeth; 25 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth
Sorex bor6 Reumer 1984 long-tailed shrew
44 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth
Beremendia fissidens4 Petényi 1864 shrew
132 specimens, fragmentary mandibles and maxillae with teeth
 Soricomorpha - Talpidae
Desmana sp.3
Desmana sp.3 Guldenstaedt 1777 Russian desman
fragment of mandibular ramus with damaged m2 and isolated m1
1Black and Kowalski 1974; 2Fahlbusch 1969; 3Rzebik-Kowalska 1971; 4Rzebik-Kowalska 1976; 5Rzebik-Kowalska 1989; 6Rzebik-Kowalska 1991; 7Szyndlar 1984