Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 48A(1-2) 2005

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VOL 48A(1-2) 2005

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Fossil mammals, Insectivora, Erinaceidae and Talpidae, Miocene, Poland

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Erinaceomorpha and Soricomorpha (Mammalia) from the Miocene of Bełchatów, Poland. IV. Erinaceidae FISCHER VON WALDHEIM, 1817 and Talpidae FISCHER VON WALDHEIM, 1817

• Barbara RZEBIK-KOWALSKA

Abstract:

Very scarce remains of Erinaceidae and Talpidae have been found in three different layers of Miocene sediments in Bełchatów in central Poland. Talpidae gen. et sp. indet. and Desmanella cf. engesseri were stated in horizon C, dated from the Middle (MN4 or MN4/MN5) Miocene, Lanthanotherium aff. sansaniense, Mygalea cf. antiqua, Talpa minuta, “Scaptonyx”cf. edwardsi and Desmanella engesseri in horizon B, dated from the Middle (MN5 or MN5/MN6) Miocene and ?Talpa minuta, Desmanella cf. stehlini and Talpidae gen. et sp. indet. in horizon A, dated from the late Middle (MN7+8) or Middle/Late (MN7+8/MN9) Miocene boundary. The remains are described and illustrated and their systematic position is discussed.