Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 36(2) 1993

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VOL 36(2) 1993

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Fossil mammals, Rodentia, Neocometes, Miocene, Poland

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Neocometes Schaub and Zapfe, 1953 (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Miocene of Bełchatów (Poland)

• Kazimierz KOWALSKI

Abstract:

Isolated molars of Neocometes similis have been found in lacustrine carbonate sediments in the middle und lower part of the profile in the brown-coal mine of Bełchatów (Bełchatów-В and Bełchatów-С). So far this species has been known from several Middle Miocene localities of central and western Europe. Its discovery in Poland extends its range to the north-east. The genus Neocometesis present also in the Miocene of Thailand and is important to understanding the paleobiogeography and paleoecology of the Miocene of Europe.