Also known as M1/z, Matraszolos, Rákóczi chapel section
Where: Nograd, Hungary (48.0° N, 19.7° E: paleocoordinates 47.5° N, 19.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Sajovolgyi Formation, MN 6 to MN 6 (13.7 - 11.1 Ma)
• The succession which includes the two fossiliferous beds belongs to the Sajóvölgyi Formation. It rests upon Badenian Leitha Limestone and is overlain by Pleistocene talus sediments. Its age is determined as Upper Badenian (Neogene land mammal zones MN 6 to MN 7-8) based on gastropod and mammal biostratigraphy. The greenish clay bed (Mátraszőlős 1/zöld réteg, M1/z) is the lower of the two fossiliferous beds.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; unlithified, green claystone
Size class: mesofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original phosphate
Collected by Jánosz Hír et al. in 1998
Collection methods: sieve,
• The site was discovered in spring 1998 and was excavated in summer of the same year. The excavation was conducted by the Municipal Museum of Pásztó and the entire material should be reposited there (at least the holotype of Gyraulus matraensis is).
Primary reference: E. Gál, J. Hír, E. Kessler, J. Kókay, L. Mészáros and M. Vencel. 1999. Középs & #337;-miocén & #337;smaradványok, a Mátrasz & #337;l & #337;s , Rákóczi-kápolna alatti útbevágásból. I. A Mátrasz & #337;l & #337;s 1. lel & #337;hely [Middle miocene fossils from the road cut below the Rákóczi chapel at Mátrasz & #337;l & #337;s. I. The site Mátrasz & #337;l & #337;s 1]. Folia Historico Naturalia Musei Matraensis 23:33-78 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/S. Bruning]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 167509: authorized by Johannes Mueller, entered by Torsten Liebrecht on 19.03.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Limax crassus slug | |
Cepaea sp. Held 1838 slug | |
Gyraulus microstatus, Gyraulus matraensis, Gyraulus trochiformis, Anisus dupuyanus, Anisus hilgendorfi, Planorbarius cornu
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Lymnaea turrita snail | |
Reptilia | |
Anguis sp. Linnaeus 1758 slow worm | |
Natrix cf. sansaniensis water snake
Coluber sp. Linnaeus 1758 racer
Elaphe sp. Wagler 1833 colubrid snake | |
Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758 squamates | |
Mammalia | |
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Paenelimnoecus crouzeli Baudelot 1972 red-toothed shrew 1 upper M2, 1 humerus (diaphysis with distal epiphysis)
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Schizogalerix anatolica Engesser 1980 hedgehog 1 right lower M1, 1 right lower M1 fragment, and 1 left lower incisivus
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Amphibia | |
Triturus sp. Rafinesque 1815 newt | |
Pelobates sp. Wagler 1830 spadefoot toad | |
Rana esculenta frog | |
Hyla sp. Laurenti 1768 tree frog | |
Palaeobatrachus sp. Tschudi 1839 frog | |
Latonia gigantea Lartet 1851 frog |