Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 24 (1979 - 1980)
Scaptonychini Van Valen, 1967, Urotrichini and Scalopini Dobson, 1883 (Insectivora, Mammalia) in the Pliocene and Pleistocene of Poland
Abstract:
Numerous remains of the genus Geotrypus from the Pliocene and Pleistocene layers of Zamkowa Dolna Cave at Olsztyn near Częstochowa, as well as those of Kadzielnia and Kamyk have been identified and the new species ?Geotrypus copernici n. sp. is described. A description of the remains of Scaptonyx (?) dolichochir Gaillard, 1899, from the Lower Pliocene of Podlesice and the Middle Pliocene of Rębielice Królewskie I is also given. Abundant remains of the genus Neurotrichus, now living in North America, obtained from this locality and from Zamkowa Dolna Cave, Kadzielnia and Kamyk have been studied. The new species ?Neurotrichus polonicus n. sp. is described. The presence of this form in the fossil material from Poland fills up the gap in our knowledge of the origin and geographical expansion of this genus. The remains of the genus Scapanulus from the Pliocene deposits of Podlesice and Węże I have been identified and the new species Scapanulus agrarius n. sp. is described.
