Where: Poland (51.4° N, 19.4° E: paleocoordinates 51.7° N, 18.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: MN 9 (11.1 - 9.7 Ma)
• material collected from three horizons in the brown-coal mine, unit A represents mammal zone MN 9 [JA: A entered in local bed field]
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; coal and shelly/skeletal carbonate
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 31039: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 07.04.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Dinosorex sp.3 Engesser 1972 shrew 4I1, 5A1, 2P4, 5M1, 7M2, 2M3, plus lots of broken and fragmented pieces, minimum 5 individuals
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Plesiodimylus chantrei4 Gaillard 1899 placental 1?I1, 1?P1, 2?P3, 2P4, 3p1, 4m1, 6m2, plus lots of fragments, minimum 6 individuals
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Microtocricetus molassicus1 Fahlbusch and Mayr 1975 mouse 3m1, 4m2, 4m3, 3M1, 2M2, 3M3 (and several fragments) at least 3 individuals
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Microdyromys sp.2, Bransatoglis astaracensis2, Muscardinus hispanicus2, Glis vallesiensis2, Glirulus werenfelsi2, Glirulus lissiensis2
Muscardinus hispanicus2 de Bruijn 1966 dormouse 5m1, 1m2, 1dP4, 1P4, 1M1, fragments, minimum 3 individuals
Glirulus lissiensis2 Hugueney and Mein 1965 Japanese dormouse 3p4, 3m1, 6m2, 1m3, 1P4, 3M1, 1M2, 3M3
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| Bivalvia | |
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Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |