Felsőtárkány 3/2: MN 9, Hungary
collected by Janos Hír 1999–??
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Viperidae
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Viperidae indet.
Oppel 1811
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2 elements | |||||||||
| 2 venom fangs (MMP 2009.766/1 and 2) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Elapidae
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Elapidae indet.
Boié 1827
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2 elements | |||||||||
| 2 vertebrae (MMP 2009.765/1 and 2) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Colubridae
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"Coluber" pouchetii
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18 elements | |||||||||
| 3 cervical vertebrae (MMP 2009.762/1 to 3), 15 further vertebrae (MMP 2009.763/1 to 15) | ||||||||||
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Natrix cf. rudabanyaensis
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18 elements | |||||||||
| 18 vertebrae (MMP2009.764/1 to 18) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Ophisaurus cf. spinari
Klembara 1979
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52 elements | |||||||||
| 1 frontal (MMP 2009.756), 1 jugal (MMP 2009.757), 3 maxillae (MMP 2009.758/1 to 3), 2 vertebrae (MMP 2009.759/1 and 2), 45 osteoderms (MMP 2009.760/1 to 45) | ||||||||||
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Anguis cf. fragilis
Linneaus 1758
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2 elements | |||||||||
| 2 osteoderms (MMP 2009.755/1 and 2) | ||||||||||
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Pseudopus sp.
Merrem 1820
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1 element | |||||||||
| 1 maxilla (MMP 2009.761) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Lacertidae
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Lacertidae informal indet. sp. 1
Bonaparte 1831
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1 element | |||||||||
| 1 dentary (MMP 2009.754) | ||||||||||
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Lacerta sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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9 elements | |||||||||
| 5 maxillae (MMP 2009.752/1 to 5), 4 dentaries (MMP 2009.753/1 to 4) | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Lissotriton cf. rohrsi
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10 elements | |||||||||
| 1 frontal (MMP 2009.731), 1 parietal (MMP 2009.732), 1 parasphenoid (MMP 2009.733), 5 precaudal vertebrae (MMP 2009.734/1 to 5), 2 humeri (MMP 2009.736/1-2) | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Latonia gigantea
Lartet 1851
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34 elements | |||||||||
| 1 frontoparietal (MMP 2009.737), 12 maxillae (MMP 2009.738 and MMP 2009.739/1 to 12), 6 angulospenials (MMP 2009.740/1 to 6), 1 atlas (MMP 2009.741), 3 sacral vertebrae (MMP 2009.742/1 to 3), 1 urostyle (MMP 2009.743), 1 humerus (MMP 2009.744), 9 ilia (MMP 2009.745/1 to 3 and MMP 2009.746/1 to 6) | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Pelobatidae
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Pelobates cf. sanchizi
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3 elements | |||||||||
| 1 maxilla (MMP 2009.747), 1 squamosal (MMP 2009.748), 1 ilium (MMP 2009.749) | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Ranidae
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Pelophylax sp.
Fitzinger 1843
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3 elements | |||||||||
| 2 angulosplenials (MMP 2009.750/1 and 2), 1 ilium (MMP 2009.751) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Hungary | State/province: | Heves | County: | Eger |
| Coordinates: | 48.0° North, 20.4° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 47.6° North, 20.2° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Tortonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | MN 9 | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.10000 - 9.70000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Felsőtárkány 3/2 occupies an intermediate stratigraphic position among the localities reported by Venczel & Hír (2013). Hutchinson & Begun (2006, Geophys. Res. Abstr. 8) assign the lower beds of the fossiliferous Miocene succession above the tuff bed of the Galgavölgi Fm. (dated 13.7±0.8 Ma) to the Kozárd Fm. and the upper beds to the Sajóvölgi Fm., but Vencel & Hír (2013) do not give a stratigraphic column and do not mention any lithostratigraphic unit. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "compact grey mudstones" Venczel & Hír (2013) | |
| Environment: | fluvial-deltaic indet. |
| Geology comments: "The sedimentary succession [of the late Middle and early Upper Miocene in the Felsőtárkány area] is considered likely to correspond to a river-dominated delta-top, with the basal association marking an interdistributary bay environment, which becomes paludal as water level falls. Initial distal floodplain deposition is followed by more proximal sandstone deposits due to progradation of the delta southwards from the uplifted Bükk Mountains, and possible channel avulsion on the delta-top.
Felsőtárkány is effectively situated on a palaeo-coastline during the late middle Miocene and early late Miocene. The transition from Sarmatian near-shore, shallow water and nearby upper Badenian to Sarmatian reef facies to younger delta-top floodplain facies may indicate the initiation of the final Miocene regression from this area of the Pannonian Basin." (Hutchinson & Begun, 2006). | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | peroxide,sieve,field collection | ||
| Minimum sieve size: | 0.500 | Maximum sieve size: | 0.800 |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Janos Hír | Collection dates: | 1999–20?? |
| Collection method comments: "The fossils resulted from about 21 tones [sic!] of fossiliferous sediments processed from the Felsőtárkány-Felnémet and Felsőtárkány localities (see Hír 2006). In the field, the samples were air dried and soaked in water with H2O2 and washed repetitively using a series of screens with mashes [sic!] of 0.8 and 0.6 or 0.5 mm. [...] The finds are stored at the Municipal Museum of Pásztó (MMP)." (Venczel & Hír, 2013). | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | FT 3/2, Felsotarkany 3/2 | ||
| Database number: | 168189 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Mueller | Enterer: | T. Liebrecht |
| Modifier: | T. Liebrecht | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-04-17 11:02:29 | Last modified: | 2015-04-19 19:02:07 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-04-17 11:02:29 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 55074. | M. Venczel and J. Hír. 2013. Amphibians and Squamates from the Miocene of Felsőtárkány Basin, N-Hungary. Palaeontographica, Abteilung A: Paleozoology – Stratigraphy 300(1–6):117-158 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht] |