PBDB Collection

Nagyharsanyhegy 6 (Pleistocene of Hungary)

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

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• probably middle Pleistocene

Environment/lithology:

• other localities described in this reference are caves, and this probably is, too.

Collection methods: authors refer to earlier publication that published info on this locality (M. Kretzoi, 1956), but I couldn't get my hands on it

Primary reference: D. Janossy. 1977. New microstratigraphic horizons in the vertebrate chronology of the Hungarian Pleistocene. Foldrajzi Kozlemenyek 107(1-3):161-174 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 36706: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 10.02.2004, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

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Gnathostomata
-	Osteichthyes indet. Osteichthyes indet. bony fish
Amphibia
Salientia - Pelobatidae	Pelobates fuscus Pelobates fuscus Laurenti 1768 Common Eurasian spadefoot toad
Salientia - Bufonidae	Bufo sp. Bufo sp. Laurenti 1768 toad
Salientia - Bombinatoridae	cf. Bombina sp. cf. Bombina sp. Oken 1816 fire-bellied toad
Mammalia
Artiodactyla - Cervidae	Alces sp., Megaloceros sp., Cervus cf. elaphus Alces sp. Gray 1821 moose Megaloceros sp. Brookes 1828 Irish elk Cervus cf. elaphus Linnaeus 1758 red deer
Perissodactyla -	Rhinocerotida indet. Rhinocerotida indet. Owen 1845 odd-toed ungulate
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Equus sp. Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
Carnivora - Mustelidae	Mustela nivalis, Meles meles Mustela nivalis Linnaeus 1766 least weasel Meles meles Linnaeus 1758 European badger
Carnivora - Felidae	Lynx sp. Lynx sp. Kerr 1792 lynx
Soricomorpha - Soricidae	Sorex araneus, Sorex minutus, Crocidura leucodon, Crocidura cf. suaveolens Sorex araneus Linnaeus 1758 common shrew S. araneus ssp. Sorex minutus Linnaeus 1766 Eurasian pygmy shrew Crocidura leucodon Hermann 1780 white-toothed shrew Crocidura cf. suaveolens Pallas 1811 white-toothed shrew
Soricomorpha - Talpidae	Talpa europaena Talpa europaena mole
Lagomorpha - Leporidae	Lepus sp. Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare
Rodentia - Sciuridae	"Citellus citelloides" = Spermophilus "Citellus citelloides" = Spermophilus ground squirrel
Rodentia - Cricetidae	"Microtus gregalis" = Microtus, Microtus arvalis, Microtus oeconomus, "Pitymys cf. subterraneus" = Microtus, Arvicola "sp. 1", Myodes glareolus, Allocricetus bursae, Lagurus cf. lagurus, Cricetus cricetus "Microtus gregalis" = Microtus vole Microtus arvalis Pallas 1779 common vole Microtus oeconomus Pallas 1776 tundra vole "Pitymys cf. subterraneus" = Microtus vole Arvicola "sp. 1" Lacépède 1799 vole Myodes glareolus Schreber 1780 vole Allocricetus bursae rodent Lagurus cf. lagurus rodent Cricetus cricetus Linnaeus 1758 European hamster C. cricetus ssp.
Rodentia - Gliridae	Glis glis Glis glis Linnaeus 1766 edible doormouse G. glis ssp.
Rodentia - Zapodidae	Sicista subtilis Sicista subtilis Pallas 1773 southern birch mouse S. subtilis-betulina
Rodentia - Muridae	"Apodemus cf. sylvaticus" = Mus sylvaticus "Apodemus cf. sylvaticus" = Mus sylvaticus Linnaeus 1758 wood mouse
Reptilia
Squamata -	Ophidia indet. Ophidia indet. snake
Squamata - Lacertidae	Lacerta sp. Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758 squamates
Squamata -	Lacertilia indet. Lacertilia indet. lizard