overview of Miocene rodents from Bełchatów (Poland)

Title:

overview of Miocene rodents from Bełchatów (Poland)
Rodens et spatium VII
Proceedings of an International Conference, České Budějovice, Czech Republic, July 10-14, 2000

Creator:

Garapich, Andrzej, Zima, Jan, Griffiths, Huw I., Burda, Hynek, and Sedláček, František

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:e8d57dfc-7bdf-1dda-cd5d-a8265ed98b55
uuid:e8d57dfc-7bdf-1dda-cd5d-a8265ed98b55

Subject:

Neogene, fossil rodents, and biostratigraphy

Type:

article and TEXT

Description:

More than one thousand rodent remains have been found in three different lacustrine sediment beds of Miocene age at Bełchatów (Poland) - an opencast brown coal mine. Three fossil assemblaged (Bełchatów C - the oldest, Bełchatów B and Bełchatów A) contain abundant rodent remains (mainly teeth) and correspond to biostratigraphic zone MN 4/5, MN 5/6 and MN 8/9, respectively. Aboud 80% of the rodent material was found in the uppermost layer (Bełchatów A). The remaining two assemblages, of not dissimilar ages and with similar Orleanian/ Astaracian faunas, countain 11% (Bełchatów B) and 9% (Bełchatów C) of the material studied. Most species (except for the relatively numerous Sciuridae and Castoridae and one dipodid tooth) have already been described. However, recent studies on cricetids and eomyids have led to a revision of the previously proposed ages of Bełchatów C and Bełchatów A.

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

Source:

Folia zoologica | 2002 Volume:51 | Number:Příloha1

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CDK

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