Mátraszőlős, 1997 Rákóczi chapel section test excavation (Miocene to of Hungary)

Also known as Matraszolos

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 fossiliferous bed 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.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithology not reported

• Fossils collected in the course of the 1997 test excavation are listed only by Vencel in his herpetological chapter. It is not clear where and in which stratigraphic level this excavation exactly took place. Also, it is not clear from which rocks the fossils come. In the introductory chapter of the paper there is mention of 700 kg of lignite clay that was unsuccessfully censused in 1997. It well may be, that the amphibians and reptiles listed by Vencel come from the same rocks.

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collected in 1997

Collection methods: sieve,

• The material may be reposited in the Municipal Museum of Pásztó as is that of the nearby site Mátraszőlős 1 (see PBDB colls. no. 167497 and 167509)

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 167512: authorized by Johannes Mueller, entered by Torsten Liebrecht on 19.03.2015

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Squamata - Anguidae
Anguis sp.
Anguis sp. Linnaeus 1758 slow worm
 Squamata - Colubridae
Elaphe sp., Texasophis cf. meini, Coluber sp.
Elaphe sp. Wagler 1833 colubrid snake
Texasophis cf. meini Rage and Holman 1984 colubrid snake
Coluber sp. Linnaeus 1758 racer
 Squamata - Natricidae
Natrix cf. sansaniensis
Natrix cf. sansaniensis Lartet 1851 water snake
Amphibia
 Caudata - Urodela
Triturus sp.
Triturus sp. Rafinesque 1815 newt
 Salientia - Hylidae
Hyla sp.
Hyla sp. Laurenti 1768 tree frog
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana esculenta
 Salientia - Discoglossidae
Latonia gigantea
Latonia gigantea Lartet 1851 painted frog
 Salientia - Palaeobatrachidae
Palaeobatrachus sp.
Palaeobatrachus sp. Tschudi 1839 frog
 Salientia - Pelobatidae
Pelobates sp.
Pelobates sp. Wagler 1830 spadefoot toad