Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 37(1) 1994

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VOL 37(1) 1994

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Fossil mammals, Insectivora, Soricidae, Miocene, Poland

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Insectivora (Mammalia) from the Miocene of Bełchatów in Poland. II. Soricidae Fischer von Waldheim, 1817

• Barbara RZEBIK-KOWALSKA

Abstract:

Isolated teeth of cf. Florinia stehlini, Heterosorex sp. and Heterosoricinae gen.et sp. indet. have been found in horizon C, dated to the Early Miocene (MN4), cf. Miosorex, Dinosorex cf. zapfei ENGESSER, 1975 and Soricidae gen. et spec, indet. in horizon B, dated to the early Middle Miocene (MN5/6) and cf. Crusafontina and Dinosorex sp. in horizon A, dated to the end of the Middle Miocene (MN9), all situated at Bełchatów, in the central part of Poland. The systematic position of above-mentioned taxa, their measurements and illustrations are given.