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

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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