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Volume 27.1
January–April 2024
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ISSN: 1094-8074, web version;
1935-3952, print version
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Barbara Rzebik-Kowalska
Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals
Polish Academy of Sciences
Sławkowska 17
31-016 Kraków
Poland
rzebik@isez.pan.krakow.pl
Barbara Rzebik-Kowalska is a professor in the Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals at the Polish Academy of Sciences in Kraków (Poland). She graduated from the Jagiellonian University (Kraków) and received her PhD on the ground of the thesis "Studies on the diet of the carnivores in Poland" in 1973. She has published numerous papers and books concerning recent and fossil (Miocene – Quaternary) mammals (especially insectivore mammals) of Europe, as well as of the Middle and Far East, the Greater Antilles, and of North Africa. For five years (1979-1983) she worked with her husband, Kazimierz Kowalski, in Algeria where they lectured and collected extensive materials of mammals publishing the book Mammals of Algeria in 1991.
previously Scaptonyx ? dolichochir (Skoczeń 1980) and Urotrichus sp.(in Rzebik-Kowalska, 2009) |
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Review of the Pliocene and Pleistocene Talpidae (Soricomorpha, Mammalia) of Poland
Barbara Rzebik-Kowalska
Plain Language Abstract
The paper is a revision of mole remains (Talpidae) from nine Polish Pliocene and Pleistocene localities (Podlesice, Węże 1 and 2, Rębielice Królewskie 1A and 2, Kielniki 3B, Zamkowa Dolna Cave A and C and Kadzielnia 1) described by late professor Stanisław Skoczeń in the years 1976, 1980, and 1993.
As a result of the review some species [Condylura kowalskii, C. izabellae (Skoczeń, 1976), ?Neurotrichus polonicus (Skoczeń, 1980), and Parascalops fossilis (Skoczeń, 1993)] remained taxonomically unchanged, some were transferred to a new genus [Geotrypus copernici (Skoczeń, 1980)], to a new species [Neurotrichus minor (Skoczeń, 1993)], to a new genus and species [Scaptonyx (?) dolichochir (Skoczeń, 1980)] or the species and its name were fully invalidated [Scapanulus agrarius (Skoczeń, 1980)]. One new genus, Skoczenia n. gen., and one new species, Quyania europaea n. sp., were described.
A new list of species includes Condylura kowalskii, C. izabellae, Parascalops fossilis, ?Scalopoides sp., ?Neurotrichus polonicus, ?N. skoczeni, Quyania europaea n. sp., and Skoczenia copernici n. gen. The systematic position of the studied forms, their distributions, additional descriptions, and illustrations performed with better techniques than in earlier papers were added.
In the studied localities the fauna of moles was rich and diverse, especially in the Pliocene assemblages of Węże 1 and Rębielice Królewskie 1A, which yielded 7 forms each. The number of mole taxa that could be present from the ecological point of view in particular localities was also discussed.
ABSTRAKT
Praca jest rewizją kopalnych kretów (Talpidae) Polski. Pochodzą z dziewięciu stanowisk [Podlesice (MN14), Węże 1 (MN15) and 2 (MN15/MN16), Rębielice Królewskie 1A and 2 (MN16), Kielniki 3B and Zamkowa Dolna Cave A (MN17), Kadzielnia 1 (MN17 or MN17/Q1) and Zamkowa Dolna Cave C (Q2)] datowanych na pliocen i wczesny plejstocen. W pracy opisano nowy rodzaj Skoczenia n. gen. i nowy gatunek Quyania europaea n. sp. Lista gatunków po rewizji obejmuje: Condylura kowalskii, C. izaballae, Parascalops fossilis, ?Scalopoides sp., ?Neurotrichus polonicus, ?N. skoczeni, Quyania europaea n. sp., and Skoczenia copernici n. gen. Tam, gdzie to było konieczne sporządzono powtórny opis szczątków i dodano nowe ilustracje. Przedyskutowano także pozycję systematyczną i rozmieszczenie poszczególnych taksonów oraz ich ilość, jaka może występować w stanowiskach z punktu widzenia ekologii.
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Review: The Princeton Field Guide to Mesozoic Sea Reptiles
The Princeton Field Guide to Mesozoic Sea Reptiles
Article number: 26.1.1R
April 2023