Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 27() 1984
Notes on the amphibian and reptilian fauna of the Polish Miocene
Abstract:
This paper is a recapitulation of the studies carried out so far on the Polish Miocene herpetofauna from the localities at Pińczów, Opole and Przeworno (Fig. 1). The characteristics of the localities, including stratigraphical and palaeoecological data, are given in the introductory part. Palaeoecological and zoogeographic notes are presented also in the last part. The systematic part provides brief discussions of all the forms found in the Miocene of Poland up to now. Noteworthy is the description of the first Polish find of fossil remains of a crocodile (? Tomistoma sp.) from marine deposits at Pińczów and the considerations on the occurrence of similar forms in the European Tertiary (by T. M. ANTUNES; see Fig. 2). All the forms — genera and species — so far reported are tabulated on p. 140. This paper links up with the author´s previous publications devoted to the survey of younger — Pliocene and Pleistocene — amphibians and reptiles of Poland (MŁYNARSKI, 1962, 1977).
