Also known as Villány 8, level 9
Where: Barany, Hungary (45.9° N, 18.5° E: paleocoordinates 45.8° N, 18.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
• Biharian, Middle Pleistocene. The cave was opened from one side during quarrying and Kretzoi and his co-workers, including the author (Janossy) in 1953 and 1955, removed material in 12 layers. The series, starting from the bottom, begins with reddish clay with large calcite deposits, and in the upper layers is composed of limy loess formations.'
Environment/lithology:
Size class: 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 35463: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 16.12.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Amphibia | |
Pelobates cf. fuscus Laurenti 1768 Common Eurasian spadefoot toad this may also include Bufo sp. and Bombina sp.
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Aves | |
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird | |
Reptilia | |
Lacerta cf. viridis Laurenti 1768 European green lizard | |
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Mammalia | |
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit | |
Cricetus praeglacialis, "Clethrionomys cf. glareolus" = Myodes, "Microtus arvalinus" = Microtus, "Microtus nivalinus" = Microtus, "Microtus ratticepoides" = Microtus, "Microtus cf. gregalis" = Microtus, "Pitymys arvalidens" = Microtus, "Pitymys hintoni" = Microtus, Arvicola cantiana
Cricetus praeglacialis rodent
"Clethrionomys cf. glareolus" = Myodes vole
"Microtus arvalinus" = Microtus vole
"Microtus ratticepoides" = Microtus vole
"Microtus cf. gregalis" = Microtus vole
"Pitymys arvalidens" = Microtus vole
Arvicola cantiana vole | |
Sicista praeloriger Kormos 1930 birch mouse | |
"Citellus primigenius" = Spermophilus
"Citellus primigenius" = Spermophilus ground squirrel | |
Talpa fossilis Petenyi 1864 mole | |
Sorex runtonensis Hinton 1911 long-tailed shrew
Drepanosorex margaritodon red-toothed shrew |