Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 23 (1978 - 1979)
Tortoises (Emydidae and Testudinidae) from the Miocene of Przeworno in Silesia (Poland)
Abstract:
Shell remains of tortoises from the Przeworno fossil fauna of Upper Vindobonian-age are described. This is the first time that the presence of some members of the genus Ptychogaster Pomel, 1847 included in the species Ptychogaster buechelbergense Kuss, 1958 has been discovered in Poland. Geoemyda eureia (Wegner, 1913) and some unidentified land tortoises of the family Testudinidae, probably belonging to the genus Testudo Linnaeus, 1758, have also been found present. The importance of the occurrence of the above-mentioned species to the ecological interpretation of the localities Przeworno I and II is discussed. The systematic position of the genus Ptychogaster (Ptychogastrini) is also discussed and revised.
