ammonites
Zamkowa Dolna (Pliocene of Poland)

Also known as Zamkowa Dolna Cave

Where: Poland (50.8° N, 19.3° E: paleocoordinates 50.9° N, 18.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: MN 15 (4.2 - 3.2 Ma)

• Sediments accumulated during the last glaciationfauna is slightly younger than the fauna from Rebielice Krolewskie (1974). Assigned to mammalian zone MN 15 (Ref 9172, 1989).

Environment/lithology: cave; red limestone

• a karst picket filled with reddish sediments

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 33872: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 07.08.2003, edited by Jason Head

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