Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 21() 1976
Discoglossus giganteus Wettstein-Westerheimb, 1955 (Discoglossidae, Anura) from the Miocene of Przeworno in Selesia (Poland)
Abstract:
Bones and bony fragments belonging to several big individuals of Discoglossus giganteus from the fossil fauna of Upper Vindobonian age from Przeworno in Silesia are described. In morphology these remains correspond to the analogous skeletal fragments of the holotype from the Miocene of Dévinská Nová Ves (Slovakia, ČSSR) and to the bones of specimens from the Pliocene of Arondelli (Italy). The systematic position of the species D. giganteus is discussed special attention being given to the remains from Przeworno. The significance of the occurrence of this form to the ecological and climatological interpretation of the locality is briefly referred to and the remains of reptiles and amphibians so far found at Przeworno are mentioned in the introductory part.
