Acta Musei Moraviae

Morphometric analysis of fox populations from the Moravian Last Glacial The contribution deals with the morphometrics of cranial and postcranial skeleton of the fossil populations of foxes (Vulpes vulpes and Alopex lagopus) from the Late Palaeolithic Gravettian and Magdalenian sites in Moravia, Czech Republic. Differences in morphometry between the recent...

Middle Pleistocene herpetofauna of Mladeč Caves (Moravia, Czech Republic) and its palaeoecological significance Herpetological assemblage of Mladeč 2 site (Mladeč Caves: Moravia, Czech Republic) is a typical example of distinctively interglacial assemblage of the last warm stage of the Holsteinian complex. Altogether 12 taxa have been reported from Mladeč 2...

Revision on historical finding of the giant turtle from the Brno Sand (middle Miocene, lower Badenian) The collections of Moravian Museum in Brno contain for decade rare find of fossil giant terrestrial tortoise of the genus Titanochelon. There was no more information about the finding with the only exception for...

Quaternary evolution of the Grass-snake (Natrix natrix): new evidence Evolutionary changes of the two cranial elements of the posterior brain-case are observed (basisphenod and prootic) in the living species Natrix natrix since the Lower Pleistocene. It seems to be apparent that the ‚modem‘ pattern on the basicranial elements (particularly on...

History of palaeontological investigations in permo-carboniferous deposits of the Boskovice Graben (Moravia) Permo-Carboniferous deposits of the Boskovice Graben are systematically investigated since the middle of the 19th century; however, the oldest mentions of sedimentary occupation of this geologically and palaeontologically important area reach back to the twenties of the 19th...

A brief outline of the history of palaeontological investigations in the Permo-Carboniferous of the Boskovice Forrouw (Moravia) and perspectives of the protection of existing localities A brief outline of palaeontological investigations is given is this contribution. Several localities of the Boskovice Furrow have been very important in the 19th century,...

The snake fauna of Děvínska Nová Ves (Slovak Republic) in relation to the evolution of snake assemblages of the European Middle Miocene The reptile assemblage of Děvínska Nová Ves (Astaracian – MN 6) is diversified, including Colubridae, Elapidae and Viperidae. Recently, the following snake taxa were reported from this site:...

Early Miocene small mammal remains (Metatheria, Chiroptera, Eulipotyphla) from Mokrá-Quarry fissures (South Moravia, Czech Republic) – preliminary results Mokrá-Quarry (South Moravia, Czech Republic) constitutes a unique fossil site with an extraordinary diversity of vertebrate remains. Most of the research on Mokrá-Quarry localities has focused on herpe – to fauna and,...

Squamates from the early Miocene (Aquitanian) of Weißenburg 6 (Bavaria, Germany) Squamate assemblages of the earliest Miocene (Aquitanian) are extremely rare in Europe due to the lack of well-documented (or dated) localities. We describe a small collection of squamates from the early Miocene (MN 1–2?) locality of Weißenburg 6, Germany....

Soil contamination in the area between Zastávka u Brna and Oslavany and their relationship to the exploitation of coal Relatively high concentrations of As (up to 47 ppm), Mo (up to 26 ppm), Hg (up to 1.4 ppm) and S (0.2 wt. %) were found based on the study of...

Preliminary results of investigation of Neogene vertebrates from the Mokrá-Quarry site The westernmost part of the Mokrá-Quarry is typical with occurrences of carstic phenomena including fossiliferous sediments within carstic fissures. Two fossiliferous carstic fissures (1/2001; 2/2003) have recently been discovered containing abundant Neogene fauna of terrestrial vertebrates: Chelotriton cf. paradoxus,...