Villany locality 6: Early/Lower Pleistocene, Hungary
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Baranophrys discoglossides
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Spondylophrys villanyensis
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Monitor deserticolus
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gale praenivalis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Ochotonidae
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Ochotona sp.
Link 1795
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11 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Lagotherium beremendense
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Lepus terraerubrae
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Zapodidae
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Sicista praeloriger
Kormos 1930
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Apodemus cf. alsomyoides
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Cricetus cf. praeglacialis
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184 specimens | |||||||||
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Cricetus cf. runtonensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Cricetulus sp.
Milne-Edwards 1867
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| Cricetulus s.l. sp. | ||||||||||
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Microtus arvalinus
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Microtus nivalinus
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35 specimens | |||||||||
| Microtus nivalinus-nivaloides group | ||||||||||
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Microtus ratticepoides
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Pitymys hintoni
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10 specimens | |||||||||
| synonym of Microtus | ||||||||||
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Pitymys gregaloides
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14 specimens | |||||||||
| synonym of Microtus | ||||||||||
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Pitymys arvalidens
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55 specimens | |||||||||
| synonym of Microtus | ||||||||||
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Arvicola sp.
Lacépède 1799
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Clethrionomys glareolus
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| synonym of Myodes | ||||||||||
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Mimomys cf. pusillus
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Mimomys majori
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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= Mimomys savini
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Janossy 1986 | |||||||||
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Lagurus pannonicus
Kormos 1930
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311 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Citellus primigenius
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10 specimens | |||||||||
| synonym of Spermophilus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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? Xenictis pilgrimi
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mustela palerminea
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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? Pannonictis pliocaenicus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Erinaceidae
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Erinaceus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Erinaceus cf. praeglacialis
Brunner 1933
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Talpa fossilis
Petenyi 1864
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14 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Beremendia fissidens
(Petényi 1864)
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17 specimens | |||||||||
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Crocidura obtusa
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86 specimens | |||||||||
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Drepanosorex margaritodon
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Sorex cf. minutus
Linnaeus 1766
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Sorex runtonensis
Hinton 1911
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86 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
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Chiroptera indet.
Blumenbach 1779
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| I-II | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Vespertilionidae
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Myotis cf. wuesti
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Myotis cf. wüsti | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Testudinata indet.
(Oppel 1811)
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| fragments of carapace | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Ophidia
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Ophidia indet.
Latreille 1804
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Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Ophisaurus intermedius
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Reptilia
- Lacertidae
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Lacerta viridis
(Laurenti 1768)
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Reptilia
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Aves indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Pelobatidae
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Pelobates cf. fuscus
Laurenti 1768
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Discoglossidae
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Bombina sp.
Oken 1816
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15 specimens | |||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Palaeobatrachidae
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? Pliobatrachus langhae
Fejérváry 1917
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Bufonidae
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Bufo cf. viridis
Laurenti 1768
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Ranidae
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Rana villanyensis
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Rana sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Rana cf. temporaria
Linnaeus 1758
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Insecta
- Orthoptera
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? Orthoptera indet.
Olivier 1789
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Myriapoda
- Julida
- Julidae
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Julus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Angiospermae
- Rosales
- Ulmaceae
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Celtis sp.
Linnaeus 1753
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12 specimens | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Hungary | State/province: | Barany |
| Coordinates: | 45.9° North, 18.5° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 45.8° North, 18.4° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Biharian, late Lower Pleistocene. |
Lithology and environment
| Lithology description: 'terra rossa' | |
| Geology comments: 'the wide Oxfordian limestone of the southern wall is dissected by a vertical 1m wide cleft in the eastern upper portion of the large quarry of Mészoköhegy of Villany, about 50m from locality no. 3, and is filled in its entire height by... terra rossa... and is very rich in fossils.' (originally published in Hungarian by Kretzoi (1956), translated into English in Janossy (1986)). |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Villány 6, Villany-Kalkberg Sud, Villány-Kalkberg Süd. | ||
| Database number: | 35459 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
| Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2003-12-16 03:47:51 | Last modified: | 2003-12-16 05:47:52 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-12-16 03:47:51 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9534. | PACED | D. Janossy. 1986. Pleistocene vertebrate faunas of Hungary. Developments in Palaeontology and Stratigraphy, 8. Elsevier, Amsterdam 1-208 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |