Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 31() 1988
Fossil hamsters (Cricetinae, Rodentia) from the Pliocene and Quaternary of Poland
Abstract:
This paper comprises descriptions of 1630 molars found at 20 Polish localities representing a period from the Miocene/Pliocene boundary to the end of the Pleistocene, including a small addition of Holocene specimens. Only 16 teeth from the whole of the material could not be referred to any of the known species: the differences in size and morphology suggest that they perhaps belonged to four different species not described yet. In the Pliocene localities they were accompanied by Kowalskia polonica and K. magna. Allocricetus bursae, A. ehiki and Cricetus runtonensis occurred in the Villanyian and Biharian , while remains of Cricetulus migratorius and Cricetus cricetus were found in the deposits of the Upper Pleistocene. The final part of the paper presents certain biometrical relationships within the dentition of the Cricetinae.
