Adrian Marciszak
Articles
Fossil large mammals from Wielkopolska: a state of knowledge
Geographia Polonica (2024) vol. 97, iss. 3, pp. 271-294 | Full text | Supplementary file
doi: https://doi.org/10.7163/GPol.0280
Abstract
A number of 125 open-air localities from Wielkopolska documented presence of 18 species (3 carnivores,4 proboscideans, 3 perissodactyls and 8 artiodactyls). Most of species are cold-adapted members of mammothfauna from the Late Pleistocene, such as Ursus arctos priscus, Mammuthus primigenius, Coelodontaantiquitatis, Equus ferus, Rangifer tarandus, and Bison priscus. The few species like Ursus arctos taubachensis,Palaeoloxodon antiquus and Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis represent an older, thermophilic fauna dated toMIS 5e. The vast majority of bones are accidental finds, without a stratigraphic context. Most artiodactyls werefound in alluvial sediments, in bogs or swamps, while carnivores are represented only by isolated remains.
Keywords: open-air, biostratigraphy, taxonomy, Late Pleistocene, Eemian, proboscideans
adrian.marciszak@uwr.edu.pl], Department of Palaeozoology University of Wrocław Sienkiewicza 21, 50-335 Wrocław: Poland
, Department of Evolutionary Biology and Conservation of Vertebrates University of Wrocław Sienkiewicza 21, 50-335 Wrocław: Poland
, Department of Palaeozoology University of Wrocław Sienkiewicza 21, 50-335 Wrocław: Poland
, Department of Palaeozoology University of Wrocław Sienkiewicza 21, 50-335 Wrocław: Poland
, Regional Museum in Konin Muzealna 6, 62-505 Konin: Poland
, Department of Palaeozoology University of Wrocław Sienkiewicza 21, 50-335 Wrocław: Poland
, Department of Palaeozoology University of Wrocław Sienkiewicza 21, 50-335 Wrocław: Poland
, Department of Palaeozoology University of Wrocław Sienkiewicza 21, 50-335 Wrocław: Poland