Where: Borsodabaujzemplen, Hungary (48.5° N, 20.8° E: paleocoordinates 48.4° N, 20.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)
• Middle/Late Lower Pleistocene, similar age to Locality 8, between 1.5 and 1.0Ma.
•Locality 2 consisted of the filling of an enormous cave in the eastern portion of section XII of the quarry, 320 a.s.l. 'The profile of cave, filled entirely with red clay, was 20m long by 14m high at discovery. About 2.5-3.5m above the basement, two layers sloping towards the north were found to contain extreme accumulations of bones which we fully exploited and sedimented.'
Environment/lithology:
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk,
• The cave in question was opened in 1965 and totally blasted in 1969.
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 35428: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 12.12.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758 squamates | |
Ophidia indet. snake | |
Aves | |
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Otis cf. lambrechti Kretzoi 1941 bird | |
Francolinus capeki Lambrecht 1933 francolin
Lyrurus cf. partium Kretzoi 1962 pheasant | |
Mammalia | |
Pliomys episcopalis, Cricetus cricetus, Lagurus cf. arankae, Lemmus sp., "Clethrionomys cf. glareolus" = Myodes, Allophaiomys cf. pliocaenicus, Mimomys pusillus, Ungaromys sp.
Pliomys episcopalis mouse
Lagurus cf. arankae mouse
Lemmus sp. Link 1795 vole
"Clethrionomys cf. glareolus" = Myodes vole
Allophaiomys cf. pliocaenicus Kormos 1932 vole
Ungaromys sp. Kormos 1932 mouse | |
"Apodemus sylvaticus" = Mus sylvaticus, Spalax cf. advenus
"Apodemus sylvaticus" = Mus sylvaticus Linnaeus 1758 wood mouse
Spalax cf. advenus blind mole | |
Sicista praeloriger Kormos 1930 birch mouse | |
Glis cf. sackdillingensis Heller 1930 dormouse
Muscardinus cf. dacicus Kormos 1930 dormouse | |
"Citellus (Colobotis) sp." = Spermophilus
"Citellus (Colobotis) sp." = Spermophilus Cuvier 1825 ground squirrel | |
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Ochotona sp. Link 1795 pika | |
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Ursus aff. etruscus Cuvier 1823 bear | |
Mustela aff. palerminea, "Putorius sp." = Mustela (Putorius)
Mustela aff. palerminea weasel
"Putorius sp." = Mustela (Putorius) Cuvier 1817 polecat | |
Crocidura aff. kornfeldi, Petenyia hungarica, Sorex runtonensis, Sorex cf. margaritodon, Beremendia fissidens
Crocidura aff. kornfeldi Kormos 1934 white-toothed shrew
Petenyia hungarica Kormos 1934 red-toothed shrew
Sorex runtonensis Hinton 1911 long-tailed shrew
Sorex cf. margaritodon Kormos 1930 long-tailed shrew
Beremendia fissidens Petényi 1864 shrew | |
Talpa cf. fossilis Petenyi 1864 mole | |
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779 bat |