Nagyharsanyhegy locality 2 (Pliocene to of Hungary)

Also known as Nagyharsányhegy 2

Where: Barany, Hungary (45.8° N, 18.4° E: paleocoordinates 45.7° N, 18.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Pliocene to Pliocene (5.3 - 0.0 Ma)

• Late Pliocene, Betfian substage, MN17.

Environment/lithology:

• 'the 'main locality' situated in the eastern quarry of the hill, which Kormos called the 'bone-brecciated pillar' and Kretzoi termed locality no. 2 of Nagyharsanyhegy. This residual pillar of the steeply slanted (and an angle of about 120-130 degrees), tectonically preformed karstic hollow embedded in Malm limestone has since been demolished, but its continuation in the present layer of the quarry contained enough material for the author and colleagues to obtain smaller collections from 1973 to 1975 (presently known as the 'artist colony quarry').'

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

• Kormos collected there briefy in 1916, then Kretzoi and myself (Janossy) in 1953 and 1955 and the author and colleagues obtained smaller collections from 1973 to 1975.

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 35383: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 09.12.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Mammalia
 Chiroptera -
Chiroptera indet.
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779 bat
Chiroptera div. indet.
 Artiodactyla -
Ruminantia indet.
Ruminantia indet. ruminant
Ruminantia indet. I-II
 Carnivora - Felidae
Felidae indet.
Felidae indet. Gray 1821 cat
Felidae indet. I-II
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursulus sp.
Ursulus sp. Kretzoi 1954 bear
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustelidae indet.
Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817 mustelid carnivore
Mustelidae indet. I-II
 Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes praeglacialis
Vulpes praeglacialis Kormos 1932 fox
Vulpes s.l. praeglacialis
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Beremendia fissidens, Petenyia hungarica, Sorex runtonensis, Crocidura cf. kornfeldi
Beremendia fissidens Petényi 1864 shrew
Petenyia hungarica Kormos 1934 red-toothed shrew
Sorex runtonensis Hinton 1911 long-tailed shrew
Crocidura cf. kornfeldi Kormos 1934 white-toothed shrew
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Erinaceus sp.
Erinaceus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hedgehog
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lagotherium beremendense
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
"Citellus primigenius" = Spermophilus
"Citellus primigenius" = Spermophilus ground squirrel
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Pliomys simplicior, Allophaiomys pliocaenicus, Mimomys fejervaryi, Mimomys cf. savini, Rhinocricetus ehiki, Lagurodon arankae, Cricetus cricetus
Allophaiomys pliocaenicus Kormos 1932 vole
Mimomys fejervaryi vole
M. fejérváryi
Rhinocricetus ehiki mouse
R. éhiki
Cricetus cricetus Linnaeus 1758 European hamster
Cricetus cricetus cf. nanus
 Rodentia - Muridae
"Apodemus cf. sylvaticus" = Mus sylvaticus
"Apodemus cf. sylvaticus" = Mus sylvaticus Linnaeus 1758 wood mouse
Reptilia
 Ophidia -
Ophidia indet.
Ophidia indet. snake
above 30,000 specimens
Aves
  -
Aves indet.
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
Aves indet. I-II
Amphibia
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana sp.
Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758 frog
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Bufo sp.
Bufo sp. Laurenti 1768 toad