Csarnota locality 2 (Pliocene to of Hungary)

Also known as Csarnóta 2

Where: Barany, Hungary (45.9° N, 18.2° E: paleocoordinates 45.8° N, 18.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Ruscinian to Ruscinian (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• Csarnotian stage, Mid. Pliocene, MN15 (according to Fejfar et al., 1997). Janossy puts it slightly later (in the Villanyian). Villafranchian.

Environment/lithology: karst; lithology not reported

• 'red clay.'

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

• This is a reconstructed faunal list, including several collections excavated from 1910 onwards. The original site lists (1910-1930s) do not give exact locality info., but the later excavations uncovered 25 strata in a trench 1m x 1.5m and 3m deep.

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 35354: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 05.12.2003, edited by Matthew Carrano, Torsten Liebrecht, Philip Mannion and Grace Varnham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• 'Two Pliogallus species described by Galliard have been deleted from the list.'
unclassified
  -
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Myriapoda
 Diplopoda -
Diplopoda indet. Gervais 1844 millipede
Amphibia
 Salientia -
Anura indet. frog
(minly Bufo (listed seperately) c. 20,000 specimens in total)
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Bufo sp. Laurenti 1768 toad
 Caudata - Urodela
Salamandra sp. Laurenti 1768 salamander
rare
Triturus sp. Rafinesque 1815 newt
sporadic
 Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
"Albanerpeton pannonicus n. sp." = Albanerpeton pannonicum1
"Albanerpeton pannonicus n. sp." = Albanerpeton pannonicum1 Venczel and Gardner 2005 tetrapod
"new species"
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Dryomimus eliomyoides Kretzoi 1959 dormouse
c. 1000
Glis minor Kowalski 1963 dormouse
few
Muscardinus sp. Kaup 1829 dormouse
few
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
? Eutamias sp. Trouessart 1880 chipmunk
Eutamias sp. indet. few
Sciurus sp. Linnaeus 1758 squirrel
Sciurus sp. indet.
Pliopetes hungaricus squirrel
few
 Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus dominans Eurasian field mouse
c. 8000
Rhagapodemus frequens mouse
common
Micromys praeminutus harvest mouse
few
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Propliomys hungaricus mouse
abundant
Dolomys nehringi mouse
common
Prospalax priscus mouse
c. 600
Baranomys loczyi mouse
few
"Cseria gracilis" = Mimomys vole
common
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Ochotonoides csarnotanus pika
1-2 specimens
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
cf. Dolichopithecus sp. Depéret 1889 monkey
cf. Dolichopithecus sp. indet.
Macaca sp. Lacépède 1799 macaque
Macaca sp. indet. sporadic
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Beremendia fissidens Petényi 1864 shrew
c. 400
Blarinoides mariae Sulimski 1959 red-toothed shrew
few
Petenyia hungarica Kormos 1934 red-toothed shrew
c. 100
Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew
Sorex s. 1. sp.
Episoriculus gibberodon Petenyi 1864 red-toothed shrew
c. 100
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Desmana sp. Guldenstaedt 1777 Russian desman
Desmana sp. indet. I-II, rare
Talpa csarnotana mole
c. 100
Talpa cf. fossilis Petenyi 1864 mole
rare
 Placentalia -
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779 bat
common
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
"Alces" sp., "Megaceros cf. dupuisi" = Megaloceros, "? Cervus pyrenaicus" = Croizetoceros pyrenaicus, "Cervus (? Rusa) sp." = Rusa
"Alces" sp. Gray 1821 moose
Alces sp. indet.
"Megaceros cf. dupuisi" = Megaloceros Irish elk
(unlikely according to Kretzoi)
"? Cervus pyrenaicus" = Croizetoceros pyrenaicus Mennecart et al. 2017 deer
Small Cervidae (Cervus pyrenaicus Deperet?)
"Cervus (? Rusa) sp." = Rusa Smith 1827 deer
Cervus (?Rusa) sp. indet.
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
 Carnivora - Felidae
Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758 cat
Felis s. 1. indet. (size of catus)
? Lynx sp. Kerr 1792 lynx
Lynx (?) sp. indet.
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Xenictis pilgrimi mustelid carnivore
few.
Baranogale beremendensis mustelid carnivore
few.
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus sp. Linnaeus 1758 bear
few. Ursus s. 1. sp. indet.
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid
few. Canidae I-III indet.
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
 Ophidia -
Ophidia indet. snake
abundant
 Squamata - Colubridae
Elaphe quatuorlineata2 Lacépède 1789 four-lined snake
a single vertebra (GMH uncatalogued)
 Squamata - Lacertidae
Lacerta ruscinensis squamates
several thousand
Lacerta aff. agilis Linneaus 1758 Sand lizard
few
 Squamata - Varanidae
Varanus sp.3 Merrem 1820 monitor lizard
few
 Squamata - Anguidae
Ophisaurus intermedius glass lizard
common
Anguis sp. Linnaeus 1758 slow worm
several thousand
Aves
  -
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Tetrao macropus Jánossy 1967 pheasant
few
Francolinus capeki Lambrecht 1933 francolin
sporadic. Francolinus capeki wezensis
Pisces
  -
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 bony fish