Villany locality 8, level 12b (Pleistocene of Hungary)

Also known as Villány 8, level 12b

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 35468: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 16.12.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• grassland-steppe environment.
Reptilia
 Squamata - Lacertidae
Lacerta cf. viridis Laurenti 1768 European green lizard
Mammalia
 Placentalia -
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779 bat
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Sorex runtonensis Hinton 1911 long-tailed shrew
Beremendia fissidens Petényi 1864 shrew
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Talpa fossilis Petenyi 1864 mole
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
"Citellus primigenius" = Spermophilus
"Citellus primigenius" = Spermophilus ground squirrel
 Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus sp. Kaup 1829 Eurasian field mouse
Spalax advenus blind mole
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetus praeglacialis, Mimomys savini, "Clethrionomys cf. glareolus" = Myodes, "Microtus arvalinus" = Microtus, "Microtus nivalinus" = Microtus, "Pitymys arvalidens" = Microtus, "Pitymys hintoni" = Microtus, Arvicola cantiana, Pliomys episcopalis, Allocricetus bursae, Lagurodon pannonicus
"Clethrionomys cf. glareolus" = Myodes vole
"Microtus arvalinus" = Microtus vole
"Microtus nivalinus" = Microtus vole
Microtus nivalinus-nivaloides
"Pitymys arvalidens" = Microtus vole
"Pitymys hintoni" = Microtus vole
Pitymys hintoni-gregaloides
 Rodentia - Zapodidae
Sicista praeloriger Kormos 1930 birch mouse
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit
Amphibia
 Salientia - Pelobatidae
Pelobates cf. fuscus Laurenti 1768 Common Eurasian spadefoot toad
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Bufo sp. Laurenti 1768 toad
 Salientia - Discoglossidae
Bombina sp. Oken 1816 fire-bellied toad