Przeworno 2, Lower Silesia: Langhian - Serravallian, Poland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Latonia seyfriedi von Meyer 1843
Mlynarski 1984
Very abundant
Reptilia - Colubridae
Colubrinae informal indet . A
Szyndlar 1984 1 specimen
Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae
Ptychogaster emydoides Pomel 1847
Mlynarski 1984
buechelbergense; very abundant according to ref 70397
Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydropsis murchisoni (Bell 1836)
Mlynarski 1981 2 specimens
ZZSiD, almost complete skull (mentioned but not described) and an almost complete plastron
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Pseudaelurus lorteti Gaillard 1899
recombined as Miopanthera lorteti
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Anchitherium aurelianense Cuvier 1825
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Brachypotherium brachypus Lartet 1848
Aceratherium simorrense
Mammalia - Suidae
Conohyus simorrensis (Lartet 1851)
Mammalia
Taucanamo sansaniense Lartet 1851
Mammalia - Tragulidae
Dorcatherium crassum Lartet 1851
Mammalia - Cervidae
Euprox furcatus Hensel 1859
Mammalia - Primates - Pliopithecidae
Pliopithecus antiquus (Blainville 1839)
see common names

Geography
Country:Poland State/province:Silesia
Coordinates: 50.7° North, 17.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.0° North, 15.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Langhian - Serravallian
Age range of interval:15.98000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: MN5-7, Middle Miocene. Karst fissures and channels in a marble quarry of probable Proterozoic age. Przeworno 2 is a 12m vertical fissure in the west wall of the quarry, filled with clay and blocks of marble. Probably the same age as Przeworno 1.
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: clay and blocks of marble.
Environment:fissure fill
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: Site found in 1970.
Taxonomic list comments:Local environment probably mixed with both humid forests and savannas nearby (interpretation based on fauna).
Metadata
Database number:42596
Authorizer:A. Turner, T. Cleary, E. Vlachos, J. Head Enterer:H. O'Regan, T. Cleary, E. Vlachos, J. Head
Modifier:H. O'Regan Research group:PACED
Created:2004-08-03 06:50:39 Last modified:2004-08-03 09:51:31
Access level:the public Released:2004-08-03 06:50:39
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
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]

Secondary references:

76478 M. Mlynarski. 1981. Chelydropsis murchisoni (Bell, 1832) (Testudines, Chelydridae) from the Miocene of Przeworno in Silesia (Poland). Acta Zoologica Cracoviencia 25(7):219-226 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]
70397 M. Mlynarski. 1984. Notes on the amphibian and reptilian fauna of the Polish Miocene. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 27(8):127-148 [T. Cleary/T. Cleary]
65727 Μ Mlynarski. 1984. Fossil Chelonians of Poland. Studia Geologica Salmanticensia, volumen especial 1 (Studia Palaeocheloniologica I) 1:189-203 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]
12914 Z. Szyndlar. 1984. Fossil snakes from Poland. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 28(1):1-156 [J. Head/J. Head/J. Head]