Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 32() 1989
Pliocene and Pleistocene Insectivora (Mammalia) of Poland. V. Soricidae: Petenyia Kormos, 1934 and Blarinella Thomas, 1911
Abstract:
Petenyia robusta n. sp. is described from the Lower Pliocene localities Podlesice and Zamkowa Dolna Cave В. P. hungarica Kormos, 1934 was found in 9 fossil localities which embrace the period from the Lower Pliocene to the Lower Pleistocene: Węże 1, Rębielice Królewskie 1A and 2, Kielniki 1, ЗА and 3B, Kadzielnia, Kamyk and Zamkowa Dolna Cave A. The genus Blarinella Thomas, 1911 is described for the first time from Poland; it is represented by two species: B. dubia (Bachmayer and Wilson, 1970) from the Lower Pliocene of Podlesice and the Upper Pliocene of Zalesiaki 1B, and B. europaea Reumer, 1984 from 4 localities (Podlesice, Węże 1, Rębielice Królewskie 1A and Zalesiaki 1B) which date from the Lower as well as Upper Pliocene. A discussion of the systematic position of the above mentioned forms, all belonging to the tribe Soricini, their measurements and illustrations are also given.
