Węże: MN 15, Poland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mlynarski 1962
large form
Testudo szalaii Mlynarski 1955
Mlynarski 1962
synonym of Testudo globosa
Testudo antiqua Bronn 1831
Mlynarski 1962
T. antiqua noviciensis
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Clemmys sp. Ritgen 1828
Mlynarski 1962
    = Emydinae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Alroy 2007
Emys orbicularis (Linnaeus 1758)
Mlynarski 1962
Emys wermuthi Mlynarski 1956
Mlynarski 1962
Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae
Geoemyda eureia Wegner 1913
Mlynarski 1962
Reptilia - Squamata
? Agamidae indet. Gray 1827
Mlynarski 1956 1 specimen
two small teeth in fragment of mandible
    = Squamata indet. Oppel 1811
Villa and Delfino 2018
? Gekkonidae indet. Gray 1825
Mlynarski 1956 1 specimen
fragment of mandible of very small lizard
    = Squamata indet. Oppel 1811
Villa and Delfino 2018
Reptilia - Anguidae
Ophisaurus pannonicus Kormos 1911
Mlynarski 1962
recombined as Pseudopus pannonicus
Anguis cf. fragilis Linneaus 1758
Mlynarski 1962
Reptilia
cf. Anguis sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mlynarski 1956 1 specimen
one fragment of mandible
    = Serpentes indet. Linnaeus 1758
Villa and Delfino 2018
Reptilia - Colubridae
Natrix cf. longivertebrata Szyndlar 1984
Szyndlar 1984 104 specimens
Natricinae indet. Bonaparte 1838
Mlynarski 1962
cf. Coluber viridiflavus Lacépède 1789
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
Mlynarski 1962
Reptilia - Crotalidae
Vipera ammodytes (Linnaeus 1758)
Szyndlar 1984 14 specimens
recombined as Vipera (Vipera) ammodytes
Reptilia - Viperidae
Viperidae indet. Oppel 1811
Mlynarski 1962
Reptilia - Lacertidae
Lacerta cf. sicula
Mlynarski 1962
Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mlynarski 1962
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae
Rhinolophus delphinensis Gaillard 1899
10 individuals
mandibles with teeth (whole and fragments) fragments of maxillae, isolated teeth
Rhinolophus grivensis Depéret 1892
4 individuals
fragments of mandibles with some teeth
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Plecotus crassidens Kormos 1930
2 individuals
fragments of mandibles with some teeth
Myotis podlesicensis
12 individuals
fragments of mandibles with some teeth (all except i1)
Myotis cf. aemulus
13 individuals
fragments of mandibles with some teeth (all except i1), without processes
Myotis helleri n. sp.
4 specimens
fragments of mandibles with some teeth (c, p4-m2) ramus is lacking
Myotis cf. exilis Heller 1936
21 individuals
fragments of mandibles with some teeth (all)
Myotis danutae Kowalski 1956
4 individuals
fragments of mandibles with some teeth
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Felis wenzensis
Kowalski 1990
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustela pliocaenica
Kowalski 1990
Mustela plioerminea
Kowalski 1990
Baranogale helbingi Kormos 1934
Kowalski 1990
Arctomeles pliocaenicus Stach 1951
Kowalski 1990
Martes wenzensis
Kowalski 1990
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus wenzensis
Kowalski 1990
Agriotherium intermedium
Kowalski 1990
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Nyctereutes cf. donnezani Depérer 1890
Kowalski 1990
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Dicerorhinus megarhinus (de Christol 1835)
Kowalski 1990
misspelling Dihoplus megarhinus
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervus warthae
Kowalski 1990
Procapreolus wenzensis
Kowalski 1990
Mammalia - Soricidae
Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814
Rzebik-Kowalska 1991 3 specimens
mandibular fragments (form #5)
Blarinella europaea Reumer 1984
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
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
Rzebik-Kowalska 1990 9 individuals
15 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth
Sorex kretzoii Sulimski 1962
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
Sulimski 1959 51 individuals
265 specimens, fragmentary mandibles and maxillae with teeth (see ref. 8998)
Paenelimnoecus pannonicus
Rzebik-Kowalska 1990 14 individuals
2 fragmentary maxillae and detached upper teeth; 26 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth
Sorex bor Reumer 1984
Rzebik-Kowalska 1991 38 individuals
104 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth
Sorex minutus Linnaeus 1766
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
Sulimski 1962
Sorex hibbardi n. sp. Sulimski 1962
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
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
Rzebik-Kowalska 1990 4 individuals
5 fragmentary maxillae and detached upper teeth; 3 fragmentary mandibles and detached lower teeth
Petenyia hungarica Kormos 1934
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
Sulimski 1959
recombined as Petenyiella zelcea
Beremendia fissidens (Petényi 1864)
Rzebik-Kowalska 1976 71 individuals
388 specimens, fragmentary mandibles and maxillae with teeth
Mammalia - Talpidae
Desmana kormosi Schreuder 1940
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
Rümke 1985
Talpa minor Freudenberg 1914
Sulimski 1959
Desmana nehringi Kormos 1913
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
Rümke 1985
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Erinaceus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Rzebik-Kowalska 1971
Erinaceus samsonowiczi n. sp. Sulimski 1959
Rzebik-Kowalska 1971
toothless mandibular fragments, isolated teeth (entire set?)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Blackia polonica
Black and Kowalski 1974 4 specimens
2M1or2, m1or2, p4
Pliopetes hungaricus
Black and Kowalski 1974
a number of jaw fragments and isolated teeth, with M1or2, M3, m3
Tamias orlovi
Black and Kowalski 1974 24 specimens
cheek teeth and one jaw fragment
Sciurus warthae
Black and Kowalski 1974 3 specimens
2m1or2, m3
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Steneofiber wezensis
Kowalski 1990
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
? Copemys sp. Wood 1936
Fahlbusch 1969 1 specimen
said to be new sp., re-ID of Cricetus sp. from Kowalski, 1964
Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix primigenia (Wagner 1848)
Kowalski 1990
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Gliridae indet. Muirhead 1819
Kowalski 1963 2 specimens
isolated teeth M1, M2
Muscardinus pliocaenicus n. sp. Kowalski 1963
Kowalski 1963 8 specimens
mandibular fragments with teeth(m1-3, p4), maxillary fragment with M1?, isolated teeth 3m2, 1M2
Glis minor Kowalski 1963
Kowalski 1963 76 specimens
mandibular fragments with m1, m3, isolated teeth: 1p4, 20m1, 12m2, 5m3, 1P4, 16M1, 18M2, 1M3
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Salamandridae indet. Gray 1825
Mlynarski 1962
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Pelobatidae
Eopelobates sp. Parker 1929
Mlynarski 1962
Pelobates cf. fuscus Laurenti 1768
Mlynarski 1962
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae
Bufo tarloi
Mlynarski 1962
Bufo sp. Laurenti 1768
Mlynarski 1962
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae
Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mlynarski 1962
small form
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Palaeobatrachidae
Pliobatrachus langhae Fejérváry 1917
Mlynarski 1962
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Discoglossidae
Discoglossus sp. Otth 1837
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:34840
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]
11342PACED 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]
91725% 17300B. 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]