Also known as Villány 8, level 12c
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:
Size class: 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 35469: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 16.12.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Amphibia | |
Pelobates cf. fuscus Laurenti 1768 Common Eurasian spadefoot toad | |
Bufo sp. Laurenti 1768 toad | |
Reptilia | |
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Lacerta cf. viridis Laurenti 1768 European green lizard | |
Mammalia | |
Talpa fossilis Petenyi 1864 mole | |
Beremendia fissidens Petényi 1864 shrew
Sorex cf. minutus Linnaeus 1766 Eurasian pygmy shrew
Sorex runtonensis Hinton 1911 long-tailed shrew | |
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit | |
Sicista praeloriger Kormos 1930 birch mouse | |
Cricetus praeglacialis, Allocricetus bursae, Mimomys savini, "Pitymys arvalidens" = Microtus, "Pitymys hintoni" = Microtus, Lagurodon pannonicus
Cricetus praeglacialis mouse
Allocricetus bursae mouse
Mimomys savini vole
"Pitymys arvalidens" = Microtus vole
Lagurodon pannonicus mouse | |
Spalax advenus blind mole
Apodemus sp. Kaup 1829 Eurasian field mouse | |
"Citellus primigenius" = Spermophilus
"Citellus primigenius" = Spermophilus ground squirrel |