Ivanovce fissures: MN 15, Slovakia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Hypolagus sp. Dice 1917
"from fissures of Group A"; among others, one P3 (SÚÚG, coll. Fejfar 651314) and one P2 (SÚÚG, coll. Fejfar 651225)
Alilepus dietrichi n. sp. Fejfar 1961
10 elements
"from fissures of Group A"; right P3 (SÚÚG, coll. Fejfar 65171 = holotype), left P3 (SÚÚG, coll. Fejfar 65139 = paratype), two further P3 (SÚÚG, coll. Fejfar 651310, 651311), two P2 (SÚÚG, coll. Fejfar 651223, 65183), one damaged left hemimandible with loosely attached P3 to M2 (SÚÚG, coll. Fejfar 651312), and several further isolated teeth
Reptilia - Colubridae
Zamenis longissimus
Cernansky 2011 173 elements
4 mandibular elements (SNMB Z 27162/a+b), 21 skull bones (Z 27162/c-t), 11 vertebrae (Z 27162/u+v); 137 "bones" are reported by Ivanov (2007) under the name Elaphe longissima - see comments on collection methods
Natrix sp. Laurenti 1768
Ivanov 2007 18 elements
Natrix natrix Linnaeus 1758
Cernansky 2011 14 elements
right dentary (SNMB Z 27163/a), 5 skull bones (Z 27163/b-d), 8 vertebrae (Z 27163/e+f)
Elaphe quatuorlineata (Lacépède 1789)
Ivanov 2007 3 elements
Coronella austriaca Laurenti 1768
Ivanov 2007 1 element
Coluber viridiflavus Lacépède 1789
Ivanov 2007 41 elements
Reptilia - Anguidae
Pseudopus sp. Merrem 1820
Cernansky 2011 7 elements
7 isolated osteoderms (SNMB Z 27161/1-7)
Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803
Cernansky 2011 2 elements
2 isolated osteoderms (SNMB Z 27161/2-3)
Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydropsis sp. Peters 1868
Danilov et al. 2012
Neural 1 and peripheral 6 or 7 (as ?Chelydridae gen. et sp. indet.; Młynarski, 1963, p. 240)
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Emys orbicularis (Linnaeus 1758)
Danilov et al. 2012
antiqua; shell fragments
Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae
Geoemydidae indet. Theobald 1868
Danilov et al. 2012
two forms
see common names

Geography
Country:Slovakia State/province:Trenčín County:Trenčín
Coordinates: 48.8° North, 17.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.7° North, 17.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:MN 15
Age range of interval:4.20000 - 3.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Upper Pliocene (Astian) (Fejfar, 1961)
"According to the rodent fauna the age of these sediments is Lower Pliocene (Ruscinian, zone MN 15b)" (Čerňanský, 2011).
Original age assignment (>>Late/Upper Pliocene<<) has been updated according to Čerňanský (2011).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:ferruginous,green,red or brown poorly lithified claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Vertical and horizontal karstic fissures in Mesozoic (upper Triassic?) limestones filled with brownish-reddish or green, ferruginous ("Bohnerz"), partially lithified claystone (Fejfar, 1961).
Environment:fissure fill
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Spatial orientation:random
Abundance in sediment:few
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),sieve,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: With regard to the herpetological material Čerňanský (2011) states: "This study was based mainly on fossils deposited in The National Museum at Bratislava in Slovakia [SNMB]. During a survey on the microvertebrate fossils […], a huge amount of herpetological material collected by Dr. Joniak between 2000 and 2004 was discovered. With the exception of the lacertids described by Čerňanský & Joniak (2009), this herpetological material has never been mentioned in any publication.The material is comprised of isolated elements collected by screen-washing or surface prospecting […]".
Mammals reported by Fejfar (1961) have also been obtained from screen-washing and are said to be housed in the Central Department of Geology in Prague (SÚÚG).
Snake material reported by Ivanov (2007) is unpublished (Ivanov, 1997, PhD thesis) and is housed either in the collections of the Anthropos Institute, Moravian Museum, Brno or in the Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Charles University, Prague.
Metadata
Database number:34255
Authorizer:J. Hunter, E. Vlachos, J. Mueller Enterer:M. Hall, E. Vlachos, T. Liebrecht
Modifier:T. Liebrecht Research group:vertebrate
Created:2003-08-24 14:59:19 Last modified:2015-03-21 13:58:38
Access level:the public Released:2003-08-24 14:59:19
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
9003.5% 43000O. Fejfar. 1961. Die plio-pleistozänen Wirbeltierfaunen von Hajnacka und Ivanovce (Slowakei, CSSR) III. Lagomorpha. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte 5:267-282 [J. Hunter/M. Hall/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

43574 A. Cernansky. 2011. New finds of the Neogene lizard and snake fauna (Squamata: Lacertilia; Serpentes) from the Slovak Republic. Biologia 66(5):899-911 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht]
65670 I. Danilov, A. Cernansky, E. V. Syromyatnikova and P. Joniak. 2012. Fossil turtles of Slovakia: New material and a review of the previous record. Amphibia-Reptilia 33:423-442 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]
43817 M. Ivanov. 2007. Herpetological assemblages from the Pliocene to middle Pleistocene in Central Europe: palaeoecological significance. Geodiversitas 29(2):297-320 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht]