Budapest-Kobanya (Pliocene of Hungary)

Also known as Budapest-Köbánya

Where: Hungary (47.0° N, 19.0° E: paleocoordinates 46.9° N, 18.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Villanyian (3.2 - 2.6 Ma)

• same age as Kislang, Upper Villanyian, MN17, late Pliocene.

Environment/lithology:

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: the 'o' in the collection title has two dots above it, but it is not an umlaut.

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 35381: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 09.12.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus meridionalis1 Nesti 1825 mammoth
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Anancus arvernensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 gomphothere
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Equus stenonis" = Allohippus stenonis2
"Equus stenonis" = Allohippus stenonis2 Cocchi 1867 horse
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Dolichopithecus cf. arvernensis Depéret 1929 monkey