Polgárdi 5 (Neogene of Hungary)

Where: Hungary (47.1° N, 18.6° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 45.2° N, 19.7° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Turolian (8.7 - 5.1 Ma)

• Local fissure fill

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: M. Venczel. 1998. Late Miocene snakes (Reptilia: Serpentes) form Polgárdi (Hungary): a second contribution. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 41:1-22 [J. Head/J. Head/T. Liebrecht]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 48296: authorized by Jason Head, entered by Jason Head on 15.03.2005, edited by Lars van den Hoek Ostende and Juan Benito Moreno

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata - Anguidae
Pseudopus pannonicus2 Kormos 1911 legless lizard
MÁFI V.06.1692.3, 3 osteoderms
Ophisaurus sp.2 Daudin 1803 glass lizard
MÁFI V.06.1691.2, 2 vertebrae
 Squamata - Varanidae
Varanus cf. hoffmanni2 Roger 1898 monitor lizard
MÁFI V.06.1693.1, 1 trunk vertebra; MÁFI V.06.1694.1, 1 cervical vertebra; MÁFI V.06.1695.1, 1 trunk vertebra; MÁFI V.06.1696.1, 1 trunk vertebra, MÁFI V.06.1697.16, 10 trunk vertebrae, 1 cervical vertebra, 5 caudal vertebrae; MÁFI V.06.1698.2, 2 fi rst sacral vertebrae; MÁFI V.06.1699.3, 3 caudal vertebrae; MÁFI V.06.1700.3, 3 femurs; MÁFI V.06.1701.1, 1 ulna
 Squamata - Lacertidae
Lacertidae ("Species A") indet.2 Bonaparte 1831 squamates
MÁFI V.06.16790.1, 1 dentary
 Squamata - Colubridae
Coluber sp. Linnaeus 1758 racer
Coluber hungaricus Bolkay 1913 racer
Elaphe praelongissima Venczel 1994 colubrid snake
Coronella miocaenica Venczel 1998 colubrid snake
 Squamata - Natricidae
Natrix cf. longivertebrata Szyndlar 1984 water snake
 Squamata - Crotalidae
Macrovipera gedulyi Bolkay 1913 pit viper
Mammalia
 Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Kordosia topali1 Jánossy 1972 red-toothed shrew