Villany locality 6 (Pleistocene of Hungary)

Also known as Villány 6, Villany-Kalkberg Sud, Villány-Kalkberg Süd.

Where: Barany, Hungary (45.9° N, 18.5° E: paleocoordinates 45.8° N, 18.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• Biharian, late Lower Pleistocene.

Environment/lithology:

• 'the wide Oxfordian limestone of the southern wall is dissected by a vertical 1m wide cleft in the eastern upper portion of the large quarry of Mészoköhegy of Villany, about 50m from locality no. 3, and is filled in its entire height by... terra rossa... and is very rich in fossils.' (originally published in Hungarian by Kretzoi (1956), translated into English in Janossy (1986)).
• 'terra rossa'

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

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 35459: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 16.12.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Baranophrys discoglossides, Spondylophrys villanyensis, Monitor deserticolus, Gale praenivalis
Angiospermae
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Celtis sp.
Celtis sp. Linnaeus 1753 hackberry
Insecta
 Dicondylia -
? Orthoptera indet.
? Orthoptera indet. Olivier 1789 grasshopper
Myriapoda
 Julida - Julidae
Julus sp.
Julus sp. Linnaeus 1758 millipede
Mammalia
 Chiroptera -
Chiroptera indet.
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779 bat
I-II
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Myotis cf. wuesti
Myotis cf. wuesti vesper bat
Myotis cf. wüsti
 Soricomorpha - Talpidae
Talpa fossilis
Talpa fossilis Petenyi 1864 mole
 Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Crocidura obtusa, Beremendia fissidens, Drepanosorex margaritodon, Sorex cf. minutus, Sorex runtonensis
Crocidura obtusa white-toothed shrew
Beremendia fissidens Petényi 1864 shrew
Drepanosorex margaritodon red-toothed shrew
Sorex cf. minutus Linnaeus 1766 Eurasian pygmy shrew
Sorex runtonensis Hinton 1911 long-tailed shrew
 Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae
Erinaceus sp., Erinaceus cf. praeglacialis
Erinaceus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hedgehog
Erinaceus cf. praeglacialis Brunner 1933 hedgehog
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustela palerminea, ? Xenictis pilgrimi, ? Pannonictis pliocaenicus
? Xenictis pilgrimi mustelid carnivore
? Pannonictis pliocaenicus mustelid carnivore
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Lagurus pannonicus, Cricetus cf. praeglacialis, Cricetus cf. runtonensis, Cricetulus sp., "Clethrionomys glareolus" = Myodes, "Microtus arvalinus" = Microtus, "Microtus nivalinus" = Microtus, "Microtus ratticepoides" = Microtus, "Pitymys hintoni" = Microtus, "Pitymys gregaloides" = Microtus, "Pitymys arvalidens" = Microtus, Arvicola sp., Mimomys cf. pusillus, Mimomys savini
Lagurus pannonicus Kormos 1930 rodent
Cricetulus sp. Milne-Edwards 1867 rodent
Cricetulus s.l. sp.
"Clethrionomys glareolus" = Myodes vole
"Microtus arvalinus" = Microtus vole
"Microtus nivalinus" = Microtus vole
Microtus nivalinus-nivaloides group
"Microtus ratticepoides" = Microtus vole
"Pitymys hintoni" = Microtus vole
"Pitymys gregaloides" = Microtus vole
"Pitymys arvalidens" = Microtus vole
Arvicola sp. Lacépède 1799 vole
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
"Citellus primigenius" = Spermophilus
"Citellus primigenius" = Spermophilus ground squirrel
 Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus cf. alsomyoides
Apodemus cf. alsomyoides Eurasian field mouse
 Rodentia - Zapodidae
Sicista praeloriger
Sicista praeloriger Kormos 1930 birch mouse
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Ochotona sp.
Ochotona sp. Link 1795 pika
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus terraerubrae, Lagotherium beremendense
Reptilia
 Testudinata -
Testudinata indet.
Testudinata indet. Oppel 1811 turtle
fragments of carapace
 Squamata - Anguidae
Ophisaurus intermedius
 Squamata - Lacertidae
Lacerta viridis
Lacerta viridis Laurenti 1768 European green lizard
 Ophidia -
Ophidia indet.
Aves
  -
Aves indet.
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
Amphibia
 Salientia - Bombinatoridae
Bombina sp.
Bombina sp. Oken 1816 fire-bellied toad
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Bufo cf. viridis
Bufo cf. viridis Laurenti 1768 European green toad
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana villanyensis, Rana sp., Rana cf. temporaria
Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758 frog
Rana cf. temporaria Linnaeus 1758 common frog
 Salientia - Palaeobatrachidae
? Pliobatrachus langhae
? Pliobatrachus langhae Fejérváry 1917 frog
 Salientia - Pelobatidae
Pelobates cf. fuscus
Pelobates cf. fuscus Laurenti 1768 Common Eurasian spadefoot toad