Villany locality 8, level 10 (Pleistocene of Hungary)

Also known as Villány 8, level 10

Where: Barany, Hungary (45.9° N, 18.5° E: paleocoordinates 45.8° N, 18.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• Biharian, Middle Pleistocene. The cave was opened from one side during quarrying and Kretzoi and his co-workers, including the author (Janossy) in 1953 and 1955, removed material in 12 layers. The series, starting from the bottom, begins with reddish clay with large calcite deposits, and in the upper layers is composed of limy loess formations.'

Environment/lithology:

• 'limy loess formations.'

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

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 35464: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 16.12.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• grassland-steppe environment.
Amphibia
 Salientia - Pelobatidae
Pelobates cf. fuscus Laurenti 1768 Common Eurasian spadefoot toad
this may also include Bufo sp. and Bombina sp.
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
"Citellus primigenius" = Spermophilus
"Citellus primigenius" = Spermophilus ground squirrel
 Rodentia - Zapodidae
Sicista praeloriger Kormos 1930 birch mouse
 Rodentia - Muridae
Spalax advenus blind mole
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Pliomys episcopalis, Cricetus praeglacialis, Lagurodon pannonicus, Arvicola cantiana, "Microtus arvalinus" = Microtus, "Microtus nivalinus" = Microtus, "Microtus ratticepoides" = Microtus, "Microtus cf. gregalis" = Microtus, "Pitymys arvalidens" = Microtus, "Pitymys hintoni" = Microtus, Mimomys savini, "Clethrionomys cf. glareolus" = Myodes, Allocricetus bursae
"Microtus arvalinus" = Microtus vole
"Microtus nivalinus" = Microtus vole
Microtus nivalinus-nivaloides
"Microtus ratticepoides" = Microtus vole
"Microtus cf. gregalis" = Microtus vole
"Pitymys arvalidens" = Microtus vole
"Pitymys hintoni" = Microtus vole
Pitymys hintoni-gregaloides
"Clethrionomys cf. glareolus" = Myodes vole
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Beremendia fissidens Petényi 1864 shrew
Sorex cf. minutus Linnaeus 1766 Eurasian pygmy shrew
Sorex runtonensis Hinton 1911 long-tailed shrew
Drepanosorex margaritodon red-toothed shrew
"Suncus" "hungaricus" Ehrenberg 1832 white-toothed shrew
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Talpa fossilis Petenyi 1864 mole
Talpa minor Freudenberg 1914 mole
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Reptilia
 Ophidia -
Ophidia indet. snake
abundant
 Squamata - Lacertidae
Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758 squamates
Aves
  -
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird