PBDB Collection

Hajnacka I/3 (Pliocene of Slovakia)

Also known as Hajnácka 1, level 3

Where: Slovakia (48.3° N, 19.8° E: paleocoordinates 48.2° N, 19.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Villanyian (3.2 - 2.6 Ma)

• Gauss epoch, Late Pliocene, MN16, Villanyian. There are two localities - Hajnacka I and II, one to the north and one to the south of Hajnacka village. This is the one to the south.

Environment/lithology: lacustrine

• 'The fossils are found in limnic basin fillings with pyroclastic intercalations (tuffs, tuffite, lapilli, agglomerates).' These layers of level I/3 were laid down during a period of heavy volcanic activity, and include agglomerates, Tuffites, layers of lapilli and volcanic bombs.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: O. Fejfar, W.-D. Heinrich, and E. Heintz. 1990. Neues aus dem Villafranchium von Hajnacka bei Filakovo (Slowakei, cssr). Quartärpaläontologie 8:47-70 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 41027: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 06.07.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
Testudinata -	Testudinata indet. Testudinata indet. Oppel 1811 turtle
Mammalia
Primates - Cercopithecidae	Colobinae indet. Colobinae indet. Blyth 1875 monkey
Lagomorpha - Leporidae	Hypolagus brachygnathus Hypolagus brachygnathus rabbit
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Germanomys sp., Prospalax priscus, Baranomys loczyi, Mimomys (Cseria) stehlini, Mimomys (Mimomys) hajnackensis Germanomys sp. Heller 1936 rodent Prospalax priscus rodent Baranomys loczyi rodent Mimomys (Cseria) stehlini vole Mimomys (Mimomys) hajnackensis vole
Rodentia - Muridae	Apodemus sp. Apodemus sp. Kaup 1829 Eurasian field mouse
Rodentia - Castoridae	Trogontherium minus, Castor fiber Trogontherium minus beaver Castor fiber Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian beaver Castor fiber ssp.
Carnivora - Ailuridae	Parailurus hungaricus Parailurus hungaricus Kormos 1935 red panda
Carnivora - Hyaenidae	Pliocrocuta cf. perrieri Pliocrocuta cf. perrieri Kretzoi 1938 hyaena
Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae	Rhinocerotidae indet., "Dicerorhinus jeanvireti" = Stephanorhinus jeanvireti Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros "Dicerorhinus jeanvireti" = Stephanorhinus jeanvireti Guérin 1972 rhinoceros
Perissodactyla - Tapiridae	Tapirus arvernensis Tapirus arvernensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 tapir
Artiodactyla - Cervidae	Cervidae indet., Capreolus sp., Muntiacus sp., "Cervus pardinensis" = Metacervocerus pardinensis, Croizetoceros ramosus Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer Cervus perrieri - Arvernoceros ardei Formenkreis Capreolus sp. Gray 1821 roe Muntiacus sp. Rafinesque 1815 muntjak in table as Muntjacus sp, but probably intended to be Muntiacus. "Cervus pardinensis" = Metacervocerus pardinensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 deer Croizetoceros ramosus Croizet and Jobert 1828 deer
Artiodactyla - Suidae	Sus minor Sus minor pig
Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae	Anancus arvernensis Anancus arvernensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 gomphothere
Proboscidea - Mammutidae	Mammut borsoni Mammut borsoni Hays 1834 mastodon
Amphibia
Salientia -	Anura indet. Anura indet. frog
Pisces
-	"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes "Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 bony fish
Bivalvia
Unionida - Unionidae	Anodonta sp. Anodonta sp. freshwater mussel