Węże: MN 15, Poland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Testudo sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mlynarski 1962 | |||||||||
large form | ||||||||||
Testudo szalaii
Mlynarski 1955
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Mlynarski 1962 | |||||||||
synonym of Testudo globosa | ||||||||||
Testudo antiqua
Bronn 1831
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Mlynarski 1962 | |||||||||
T. antiqua noviciensis | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Clemmys sp.
Ritgen 1828
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Mlynarski 1962 | |||||||||
= Emydinae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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Alroy 2007 | |||||||||
Emys orbicularis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mlynarski 1962 | |||||||||
Emys wermuthi
Mlynarski 1956
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Mlynarski 1962 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Geoemydidae
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Geoemyda eureia
Wegner 1913
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Mlynarski 1962 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Squamata
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? Agamidae indet.
Gray 1827
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Mlynarski 1956 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
two small teeth in fragment of mandible | ||||||||||
= Squamata indet.
Oppel 1811
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Villa and Delfino 2018 | |||||||||
? Gekkonidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Mlynarski 1956 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
fragment of mandible of very small lizard | ||||||||||
= Squamata indet.
Oppel 1811
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Villa and Delfino 2018 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Ophisaurus pannonicus
Kormos 1911
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Mlynarski 1962 | |||||||||
recombined as Pseudopus pannonicus | ||||||||||
Anguis cf. fragilis
Linneaus 1758
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Mlynarski 1962 | |||||||||
Reptilia
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cf. Anguis sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mlynarski 1956 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
one fragment of mandible | ||||||||||
= Serpentes indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Villa and Delfino 2018 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Natrix cf. longivertebrata
Szyndlar 1984
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Szyndlar 1984 | 104 specimens | ||||||||
Natricinae indet.
Bonaparte 1838
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Mlynarski 1962 | |||||||||
cf. Coluber viridiflavus
Lacépède 1789
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Szyndlar 1984 | 579 specimens | ||||||||
two maxilIary fragments (ZZSiD WI-3, 10), one palatine fragment (ZZSiD WI-4), one pterygoid fragment (ZZSiD WI-2), 5 dentary fragments (ZZSID WI-5-9), one quadrate (ZZSiD WI-1) 542 precaudal ve.rtebrae (ZZSiD WI-11-553), 27 cloacal and caudal vertebrae (ZZSID WI-554-580) | ||||||||||
Elaphe sp.
Wagler 1833
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Mlynarski 1962 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Crotalidae
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Vipera ammodytes
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Szyndlar 1984 | 14 specimens | ||||||||
recombined as Vipera (Vipera) ammodytes | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Viperidae
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Viperidae indet.
Oppel 1811
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Mlynarski 1962 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Lacertidae
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Lacerta cf. sicula
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Mlynarski 1962 | |||||||||
Lacerta sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mlynarski 1962 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Rhinolophidae
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Rhinolophus delphinensis
Gaillard 1899
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10 individuals | |||||||||
mandibles with teeth (whole and fragments) fragments of maxillae, isolated teeth | ||||||||||
Rhinolophus grivensis
Depéret 1892
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4 individuals | |||||||||
fragments of mandibles with some teeth | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Vespertilionidae
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Plecotus crassidens
Kormos 1930
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2 individuals | |||||||||
fragments of mandibles with some teeth | ||||||||||
Myotis podlesicensis
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12 individuals | |||||||||
fragments of mandibles with some teeth (all except i1) | ||||||||||
Myotis cf. aemulus
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13 individuals | |||||||||
fragments of mandibles with some teeth (all except i1), without processes | ||||||||||
Myotis helleri n. sp.
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4 specimens | |||||||||
fragments of mandibles with some teeth (c, p4-m2) ramus is lacking | ||||||||||
Myotis cf. exilis
Heller 1936
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21 individuals | |||||||||
fragments of mandibles with some teeth (all) | ||||||||||
Myotis danutae
Kowalski 1956
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4 individuals | |||||||||
fragments of mandibles with some teeth | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Felis wenzensis
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Kowalski 1990 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Mustela pliocaenica
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Kowalski 1990 | |||||||||
Mustela plioerminea
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Kowalski 1990 | |||||||||
Baranogale helbingi
Kormos 1934
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Kowalski 1990 | |||||||||
Arctomeles pliocaenicus
Stach 1951
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Kowalski 1990 | |||||||||
Martes wenzensis
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Kowalski 1990 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursus wenzensis
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Kowalski 1990 | |||||||||
Agriotherium intermedium
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Kowalski 1990 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Nyctereutes cf. donnezani
Depérer 1890
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Kowalski 1990 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Dicerorhinus megarhinus
(de Christol 1835)
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Kowalski 1990 | |||||||||
misspelling Dihoplus megarhinus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervus warthae
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Kowalski 1990 | |||||||||
Procapreolus wenzensis
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Kowalski 1990 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Soricidae indet.
Fischer 1814
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Rzebik-Kowalska 1991 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
mandibular fragments (form #5) | ||||||||||
Blarinella europaea
Reumer 1984
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Rzebik-Kowalska 1989 | 15 individuals | ||||||||
recombined as Alloblarinella europaea | ||||||||||
32 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth; 9 fragmentary maxillae and detached upper teeth | ||||||||||
Episoriculus gibberodon
Petenyi 1864
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Rzebik-Kowalska 1981 | 1 individual | ||||||||
right mandibular fragment with i1 and p4-m3, a left fragment with i1 and m1-m3, both without processes | ||||||||||
Mafia cf. csarnotensis
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Rzebik-Kowalska 1990 | 9 individuals | ||||||||
15 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth | ||||||||||
Sorex kretzoii
Sulimski 1962
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Sulimski 1962 | 39 individuals | ||||||||
recombined as Sulimskia kretzoii | ||||||||||
32 fragmentary maxillae and detached upper teeth; 110 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth | ||||||||||
Blarinoides mariae n. gen., n. sp.
Sulimski 1959
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Sulimski 1959 | 51 individuals | ||||||||
265 specimens, fragmentary mandibles and maxillae with teeth (see ref. 8998) | ||||||||||
Paenelimnoecus pannonicus
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Rzebik-Kowalska 1990 | 14 individuals | ||||||||
2 fragmentary maxillae and detached upper teeth; 26 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth | ||||||||||
Sorex bor
Reumer 1984
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Rzebik-Kowalska 1991 | 38 individuals | ||||||||
104 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth | ||||||||||
Sorex minutus
Linnaeus 1766
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Rzebik-Kowalska 1991 | 14 individuals | ||||||||
17 fragmentary maxillae and detached upper teeth; 26 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth | ||||||||||
Sorex subminutus n. sp.
Sulimski 1962
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Sulimski 1962 | |||||||||
Sorex hibbardi n. sp.
Sulimski 1962
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Sulimski 1962 | 16 individuals | ||||||||
1 fragmentary maxilla or detached upper tooth; 40 fragmentary mandibles or detached lower teeth | ||||||||||
Sorex pseudoalpinus n. sp.
Rzebik-Kowalska 1991
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Rzebik-Kowalska 1991 | 10 individuals | ||||||||
re-ID of S. cf. praealpinus Sulimski, 1962; 9 fragmentary maxillae and detached upper teeth; 18 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth | ||||||||||
Deinsdorfia cf. kordosi
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Rzebik-Kowalska 1990 | 4 individuals | ||||||||
5 fragmentary maxillae and detached upper teeth; 3 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth | ||||||||||
Petenyia hungarica
Kormos 1934
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Rzebik-Kowalska 1989 | 24 individuals | ||||||||
43 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth; 43 fragmentary maxillae and detached upper teeth | ||||||||||
Suncus zelceus n. sp.
Sulimski 1959
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Sulimski 1959 | |||||||||
recombined as Petenyiella zelcea | ||||||||||
Beremendia fissidens
(Petényi 1864)
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Rzebik-Kowalska 1976 | 71 individuals | ||||||||
388 specimens, fragmentary mandibles and maxillae with teeth | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Desmana kormosi
Schreuder 1940
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Rzebik-Kowalska 1971 | |||||||||
11 mandibular fragments with damaged processes and jointly containing i3-m1, 6 maxillary fragments with I1-M1, 2 toothless fragments and one well-preserved rostral portion of a skull with all teeth but i2 and i3 | ||||||||||
= Galemys sulimskii n. sp.
Rümke 1985
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Rümke 1985 | |||||||||
Talpa minor
Freudenberg 1914
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Sulimski 1959 | |||||||||
Desmana nehringi
Kormos 1913
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Rzebik-Kowalska 1971 | |||||||||
numerous mandibular fragments and a nearly complete skull, 3 mandibular fragments w/o processes but jointly containing teeth from p1-m2, and a damaged maxilla with P2-M3 | ||||||||||
= Desmana kowalskae n. sp.
Rümke 1985
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Rümke 1985 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Erinaceidae
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Erinaceus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Rzebik-Kowalska 1971 | |||||||||
Erinaceus samsonowiczi n. sp.
Sulimski 1959
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Rzebik-Kowalska 1971 | |||||||||
toothless mandibular fragments, isolated teeth (entire set?) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Blackia polonica
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Black and Kowalski 1974 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
2M1or2, m1or2, p4 | ||||||||||
Pliopetes hungaricus
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Black and Kowalski 1974 | |||||||||
a number of jaw fragments and isolated teeth, with M1or2, M3, m3 | ||||||||||
Tamias orlovi
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Black and Kowalski 1974 | 24 specimens | ||||||||
cheek teeth and one jaw fragment | ||||||||||
Sciurus warthae
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Black and Kowalski 1974 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
2m1or2, m3 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Steneofiber wezensis
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Kowalski 1990 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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? Copemys sp.
Wood 1936
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Fahlbusch 1969 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
said to be new sp., re-ID of Cricetus sp. from Kowalski, 1964 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Hystricidae
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Hystrix primigenia
(Wagner 1848)
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Kowalski 1990 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Gliridae
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Gliridae indet.
Muirhead 1819
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Kowalski 1963 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
isolated teeth M1, M2 | ||||||||||
Muscardinus pliocaenicus n. sp.
Kowalski 1963
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Kowalski 1963 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
mandibular fragments with teeth(m1-3, p4), maxillary fragment with M1?, isolated teeth 3m2, 1M2 | ||||||||||
Glis minor
Kowalski 1963
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Kowalski 1963 | 76 specimens | ||||||||
mandibular fragments with m1, m3, isolated teeth: 1p4, 20m1, 12m2, 5m3, 1P4, 16M1, 18M2, 1M3 | ||||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Salamandridae indet.
Gray 1825
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Mlynarski 1962 | |||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Pelobatidae
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Eopelobates sp.
Parker 1929
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Mlynarski 1962 | |||||||||
Pelobates cf. fuscus
Laurenti 1768
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Mlynarski 1962 | |||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Bufonidae
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Bufo tarloi
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Mlynarski 1962 | |||||||||
Bufo sp.
Laurenti 1768
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Mlynarski 1962 | |||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Ranidae
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Rana sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mlynarski 1962 | |||||||||
small form | ||||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Palaeobatrachidae
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Pliobatrachus langhae
Fejérváry 1917
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Mlynarski 1962 | |||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Discoglossidae
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Discoglossus sp.
Otth 1837
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Mlynarski 1962 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Poland | County: | Siedlce |
Coordinates: | 52.3° North, 22.2° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 52.5° North, 21.8° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
Altitude: | 184 meters | ||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | MN 15 | ||
Age range of interval: | 4.20000 - 3.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Assigned to mammalian zone MN 15 (Ref 9172, 1989). |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal breccia |
Lithology description: "bone breccia" | |
Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Disassociated major elements: | some |
Disassociated minor elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some genera |
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collection method comments: Mlynarski, 1962, has Weze I and Weze II on the taxonomic list, but only describes Weze I in terms of locality, so it's unclear what the relationship betwen I and II is. | |
Taxonomic list comments:some from owl pelets, some from animals that fell into the cave |
Metadata
Also known as: | Weze I | ||
Database number: | 33396 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, J. Head, T. Cleary, L. van den Hoek Ostende, A. Turner | Enterer: | E. Leckey, T. Cleary, J. Head, J. Richter, H. O'Regan, L. van den Hoek Ostende, J. Alroy |
Modifier: | T. Liebrecht | Research group: | vertebrate |
Collections that are a subset of this one: | |||
Created: | 2003-07-28 16:45:43 | Last modified: | 2012-11-15 11:19:14 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-07-28 16:45:43 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
8869. | K. Kowalski. 1962. Fauna of Bats from the Pliocene of Weze in Poland. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 7(3):1-51 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey] |
Secondary references:
8887 | 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] | |
8885 | V. Fahlbusch. 1969. Pliozane und Pleistozane Cricetinae (Rodentia, Mammalia) aus Polen. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 14(5):99-138 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey] | |
24970 | J. A. Holman and U. Fritz. 2001. A new emydine species from the Medial Miocene (Barstovian) of Nebraska, USA with a new generic arrangement for the species of Clemmys sensu McDowell (1964) (Reptilia: Testudines: Emydidae). Zoologische Abhandlungen: Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden 51(19):321-343 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
8884 | K. Kowalski. 1963. The Pliocene and Pleistocene Gliridae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from Poland. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 8(14):533-567 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey] | |
11342 | PACED | 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] |
67381 | M. Mlynarski. 1956. Lizards from the Pliocene of Poland. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 1(2):135-152 [T. Cleary/T. Cleary] | |
8882 | 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] | |
23355 | A. Müller. 1967. Die Geschichte der Familie Dimylidae (Insectivora, Mamm.) auf Grund der Funde aus tertiären Spaltenfüllungen Süddeutschlands. Abh. Bayr. Akad. Wissensch., Mathematisch-Naturwissenschafliche Klasse Heft 129 1-93 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/J. Richter] | |
23416 | C. G. Rümke. 1985. A review of fossil and recent Desmaninae (Talpidae, Insectivora). Utrecht Micropaleontological Bulletins 4:1-241 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende] | |
8929 | B. Rzebik-Kowalska. 1971. The Pliocene and Pleistocene Insectivores (Mammalia) of Poland I. Erinaceidae and Desmaninae. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 30(10):435-462 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/J. Alroy] | |
8998 | B. Rzebik-Kowalska. 1976. The Neogene and Pleistocene Insectivores (Mammalia) of Poland. III. Soricidae: Beremendia and Blarinoides. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 21(12):359-386 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey] | |
9129 | B. Rzebik-Kowalska. 1981. The Pliocene and Pleistocene Insectivora (Mammalia) of Poland IV. Soricidae: Neomysorex n. gen. and Episoriculus Ellerman er Morrison-Scott 1951. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 25(8):227-250 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey] | |
9172 | 5% 17300 | B. Rzebik-Kowalska. 1989. Pliocene and Pleistocene Insectivora (Mammalia) of Poland. V. Soricidae: Petenyia Kormos, 1934 and Blarinella Thomas, 1911. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 32(11):521-546 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey] |
9290 | B. Rzebik-Kowalska. 1990. Pliocene and Pleistocene Insectivora (Mammalia) of Poland. VI. Soricidae: Deinsdorfia Heller, 1963 and Zelceina Sulimski, 1962. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 33(4):45-77 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey] | |
9173 | B. Rzebik-Kowalska. 1990. Pliocene and Pleistocene Insectivora (mammalia) of Poland. VII. Soricidae: Mafia Reumer, 1984, Sulimskia Reumer, 1984 and Paenelimnoecus Baudelot, 1972. Acta Zoologia Cracoviensia 33(14):303-327 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey] | |
9224 | B. Rzebik-Kowalska. 1991. Pliocene and Pleistocene Insectivora (Mammalia) of Poland. VIII. Soricidae: Sorex Linnaeus, 1758, Neomys Kaup, 1829, Macroneomys Fejfar, 1966, Paenelimnoecus Baudelot, 1972 and Soricidae indeterminata. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 34(2):323-424 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/J. Alroy] | |
19902 | A. Sulimski. 1959. Pliocene insectivores from Weze. Study on the Tertiary bone breccia fauna from Weze near Dzialoszyn in Poland. Part XI. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica IV(2) [L. van den Hoek Ostende/J. Richter/J. Richter] | |
26264 | A. Sulimski. 1962. Supplementary studies on the insectivores from Weze 1 (Poland). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 7(3/4):441-489 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende] | |
12914 | Z. Szyndlar. 1984. Fossil snakes from Poland. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 28(1):1-156 [J. Head/J. Head/J. Head] | |
67380 | A. Villa and M. Delfino. 2018. Fossil lizards and worm lizards (Reptilia, Squamata) from the Neogene and Quaternary of Europe: an overview. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology [T. Cleary/T. Cleary] |