Varhegy: Middle Pleistocene, Hungary
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Pelobatidae
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Pelobates fuscus
Laurenti 1768
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Otidiformes
- Otididae
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Otis tetrax
Linnaeus 1758
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Tetrax tetrax | ||||||||||
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Otis tarda
Linnaeus 1758
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Phasianidae
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Lyrurus tertrix
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Coturnix coturnix
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Lacertilia
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Lacertilia indet.
Owen 1842
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Mustela nivalis
Linnaeus 1766
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Vulpes vulpes
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| V. vulpes ssp. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Alces sp.
Gray 1821
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Megaloceros sp.
Brookes 1828
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Crocidura leucodon
(Hermann 1780)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Erinaceidae
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Erinaceus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Ochotonidae
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Ochotona cf. pusilla
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38 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Lepus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Zapodidae
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Sicista subtilis
(Pallas 1773)
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10 specimens | |||||||||
| S. subtilis-betulina | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Cricetus cricetus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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37 specimens | |||||||||
| C. cricetus ssp. | ||||||||||
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Allocricetus bursae
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32 specimens | |||||||||
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Microtus gregalis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Microtus arvalis
(Pallas 1779)
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45 specimens | |||||||||
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Arvicola informal sp. 1
Lacépède 1799
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11 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Spalax cf. leucodon
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8 specimens | |||||||||
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Apodemus cf. sylvaticus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| original and current combination Mus sylvaticus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Marmota aff. bobak
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Citellus citelloides
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45 specimens | |||||||||
| synonym of Spermophilus | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Hungary |
| Coordinates: | 48.2° North, 21.4° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 48.2° North, 21.4° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Altitude: | 86 meters |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Chibanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.77400 - 0.12900 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Middle Pleistocene |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 35047 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | E. Leckey |
| Modifier: | E. Leckey | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-10-27 16:15:32 | Last modified: | 2003-10-27 18:15:32 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-10-27 16:15:32 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9309. | 5% 34100 | 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] |