Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 35(2) 1992

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VOL 35(2) 1992

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Fossil mammals, Carnivora, Felidae, Hyaenidae, Middle Miocene, Poland

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Felidae and Hyaenidae (Carnivora, Mammalia) from the Miocene of Przeworno (Lower Silesia, Poland), with general remarks on the fauna complex

• Elmar P.J. HEIZMANN
• Henryk KUBIAK

Abstract:

Remains of representatives of three families, i.e. Felidae, Hyaenidae and Mustelidae of the Miocene fauna of Upper Badenian age (MN zone 7) were found in Przeworno, Lower Silesia. The felids represented by Pseudaelurus and the hyaenids by Miohyaena are described in this paper. The carnivores constitute about 25 per cent of the number of mammalian species known from Przeworno so far. Such percentage of carnivores in the mammalian fauna of Przeworno is similar to that of Steinheim am Albuch (Germany). A revised list of the entire vertebrate fauna is presented. The composition of the fauna indicates one fauna complex contrary to the two faunas of different age reported so far from Przeworno 1 and Przeworno 2. A new reconstruction of the habitat shows a riverplain forest. The climate may be regarded as subtropical.