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:
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
unclassified | |
Angiospermae | |
Celtis sp. Linnaeus 1753 hackberry | |
Insecta | |
? Orthoptera indet. Olivier 1789 grasshopper | |
Myriapoda | |
Julus sp. Linnaeus 1758 millipede | |
Amphibia | |
? Pliobatrachus langhae Fejérváry 1917 frog | |
Bombina sp. Oken 1816 fire-bellied toad | |
Bufo cf. viridis Laurenti 1768 European green toad | |
Pelobates cf. fuscus Laurenti 1768 Common Eurasian spadefoot toad | |
Mammalia | |
"Citellus primigenius" = Spermophilus
"Citellus primigenius" = Spermophilus ground squirrel | |
Sicista praeloriger Kormos 1930 birch mouse | |
Apodemus cf. alsomyoides Eurasian field mouse | |
Cricetulus sp., Cricetus cf. praeglacialis, Cricetus cf. runtonensis, Lagurus pannonicus, Arvicola sp., "Microtus arvalinus" = Microtus, "Microtus nivalinus" = Microtus, "Microtus ratticepoides" = Microtus, "Pitymys hintoni" = Microtus, "Pitymys gregaloides" = Microtus, "Pitymys arvalidens" = Microtus, Mimomys cf. pusillus, Mimomys savini, "Clethrionomys glareolus" = Myodes
Cricetus cf. runtonensis mouse
Lagurus pannonicus Kormos 1930 mouse
Arvicola sp. Lacépède 1799 vole
"Microtus arvalinus" = Microtus vole
"Microtus ratticepoides" = Microtus vole
"Pitymys hintoni" = Microtus vole
"Pitymys gregaloides" = Microtus vole
"Pitymys arvalidens" = Microtus vole
Mimomys cf. pusillus vole
Mimomys savini vole
"Clethrionomys glareolus" = Myodes vole | |
Lagotherium beremendense rabbit
Lepus terraerubrae hare | |
Ochotona sp. Link 1795 pika | |
Erinaceus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hedgehog
Erinaceus cf. praeglacialis Brunner 1933 hedgehog | |
Beremendia fissidens, Sorex cf. minutus, Sorex runtonensis, Drepanosorex margaritodon, Crocidura obtusa
Beremendia fissidens Petényi 1864 shrew
Sorex cf. minutus Linnaeus 1766 Eurasian pygmy shrew
Sorex runtonensis Hinton 1911 long-tailed shrew
Drepanosorex margaritodon red-toothed shrew
Crocidura obtusa white-toothed shrew | |
Talpa fossilis Petenyi 1864 mole | |
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? Pannonictis pliocaenicus mustelid carnivore
Mustela palerminea weasel
? Xenictis pilgrimi mustelid carnivore | |
Reptilia | |
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Ophidia indet. snake | |
Lacerta viridis Laurenti 1768 European green lizard | |
Ophisaurus intermedius glass lizard | |
Aves | |
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird |