Ercsi: Villanyian, Hungary
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Dicerorhinus etruscus
(Falconer 1868)
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= Stephanorhinus etruscus
Falconer 1868
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion moriturum
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Anancus arvernensis
(Croizet and Jobert 1828)
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Archidiskodon meridionalis
(Nesti 1825)
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= Mammuthus meridionalis
Nesti 1825
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Mammalia
- Ungulata
- Camelidae
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Camelus cf. bessarabensis
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Geography
| Country: | Hungary | State/province: | Fejer |
| Coordinates: | 47.3° North, 18.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 47.1° North, 18.8° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Villanyian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 3.20000 - 2.58800 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: same age as Kislang, upper Villanyian, MN17. |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
| Geology comments: 'the overlying sediment is loess, whereas the underlying rock is Pannonian clay.' | |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Material held in the Hungarian National Geological Institute. Ercsi is the type locality for the 'meridionalis pebbles'. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 35380 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
| Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2003-12-09 05:15:55 | Last modified: | 2003-12-09 07:15:56 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-12-09 05:15:55 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9534. | PACED | D. Janossy. 1986. Pleistocene vertebrate faunas of Hungary. Developments in Palaeontology and Stratigraphy, 8. Elsevier, Amsterdam 1-208 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |
Secondary references:
| 7584 | M. C. McKenna and S. K. Bell. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level 1-640 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
| 9580 | PACED | H. J. O'Regan. 2003. Reidentifications and synonomies of European mammals. [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/M. Uhen] |