Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 25() 1981
Chelydropsis murchisoni (Bell, 1832) (Testudines, Chelydridae) from the Miocene of Przeworno in Silesia (Poland)
Abstract:
The remains of Chelydropsis murchisoni (Bell, 1832) from the Upper Vindobonian fauna of Przeworno are described. This is the first find of a member of the Chelydridae (Chelydropsinae), belonging to the murchisoni-sansaniensis group characteristic of the European Miocene (F. de Broin, 1977; Młynarski, 1980), in the Polish Tertiary. A list of the amphibians and reptiles so far known from Przeworno is given and the significance of the occurrence of Chelydropsis to the ecological characterization of the Przeworno II locality is discussed in the general part.
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