Opole 1, Silesia, (Miocene to of Poland)

Where: Silesia, Poland (50.7° N, 17.9° E: paleocoordinates 51.0° N, 16.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Langhian to Langhian (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• Middle Miocene, MN 5-7.

Environment/lithology: "channel"

• 'contained bones of vertebrates and shells of snails in loams filling a channel and covered by lignites.'

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: Fauna needs revising, Opole 1 was discovered and published by Wagner in 1913, but most of the specimens have disappeared since then.

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 42588: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 03.08.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Mammalia
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Miopetaurista gibberosa Hofmann 1893 squirrel
 Rodentia - Castoridae
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Democricetodon gaillardi Schaub 1925 mouse
 Lagomorpha -
 Primates - Pliopithecidae
Pliopithecus antiquus Blainville 1839 monkey
 Theriamorpha - Dimylidae
Metacordylodon schlosseri Andreae 1904 placental
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
""Erinaceus" "sansaniensis"" = Lantanotherium sansaniensis
""Erinaceus" "sansaniensis"" = Lantanotherium sansaniensis Lartet 1851 hedgehog
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Talpa minuta Blainville 1840 mole
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
"Aceratherium tetradactylum" = Hoploaceratherium tetradactylum Lartet 1837 rhinoceros
Brachypotherium brachypus Lartet 1848 rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Chalicotherium grande de Blainville 1849 chalicothere
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Anchitherium aurelianense Cuvier 1825 anchitheriine horse
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Conohyus simorrensis Lartet 1851 pig
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Euprox furcatus Hensel 1859 deer
 Carnivora - Ailuridae
Alopecocyon goeriachensis Toula 1884 red panda
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Trochotherium cyamoides mustelid carnivore
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursavus primaevus Gaillard 1899 bear
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotherium angustidens Burmeister 1837 gomphothere