Zytnia Skala (Pleistocene of Poland)

Also known as Rock-shelter Zytnia Skala

Where: Krakow, Poland (50.2° N, 19.8° E: paleocoordinates 50.2° N, 19.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• in layers from middle Peniglacial to the last glaciation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

• probably a cave in Jurassic limestone, but not specified for this locality

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 33979: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 11.08.2003, edited by Jason Head and Evangelos Vlachos

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
"Citellus (Colobotis) superciliosus" = Spermophilus
"Citellus (Colobotis) superciliosus" = Spermophilus ground squirrel
P3
Reptilia
 Squamata - Colubridae
Elaphe longissima2 Laurenti 1768 colubrid snake
Amphibia
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Bufo sp.1 Laurenti 1768 toad
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 frog