Hajnacka I/2: Villanyian, Slovakia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
cf. Parasilurus sp.
Actinopteri - Esociformes - Esocidae
Esox sp. Linnaeus 1758
Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Tinca furcata (Agassiz 1832)
Scardinius ? erythrophthalmus
Pisces
Pisces indet. Linnaeus 1758
synonym of Osteichthyes
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Anura indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Palaeobatrachidae
Pliobatrachus sp. Fejérváry 1917
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae
Rana cf. arvalis
Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758
Rana cf. ex. gr. dalmatina-latastei
Rana cf. temporaria Linnaeus 1758
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae
Bufo bufo (Linnaeus 1758)
original and current combination Rana bufo
Reptilia - Colubridae
Natrix natrix Linnaeus 1758
Cernansky 2011 1 element
1 isolated vertebra (SNMB Z 27164); note: this specimen is not assigned to a particular sublocality or horizon in the reference and may come from elsewhere whithin the Hajnáčka locality but is arbitrarlily placed here because of presence of many other "herps"
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Mergus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia
Testudinata indet. (Oppel 1811)
Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae
Geoemyda cf. mossoczyi Mlynarski 1964
Danilov et al. 2012
a nuchal and right hypoplastron
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Emys orbicularis (Linnaeus 1758)
Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydra aff. decheni Meyer 1852
    = Chelydropsis sp. Peters 1868
Danilov et al. 2012
    = Chelydropsis sp. Peters 1868
Joyce 2016
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mammut borsoni (Hays 1834)
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Anancus arvernensis (Croizet and Jobert 1828)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Pliopetaurista pliocaenica
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus sp. Kaup 1829
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Germanomys sp. Heller 1936
Prospalax priscus
Baranomys loczyi
Mimomys (Cseria) stehlini
Mimomys (Mimomys) hajnackensis
Mammalia - Rodentia - Seleviniidae
Seleviniidae ? indet. Bashanov and Belosludov 1939
Seleviniidae (?) sp. indet.
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor fiber Linnaeus 1758
Castor fiber ssp.
Trogontherium minus
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Hypolagus brachygnathus
Mammalia - Talpidae
Desmana nehringi Kormos 1913
Mammalia - Soricidae
Beremendia fissidens (Petényi 1864)
Petenyia hungarica Kormos 1934
Blarinoides mariae Sulimski 1959
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ailuridae
Parailurus hungaricus Kormos 1935
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Lutra cf. bravardi Pomel 1843
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Megantereon ? sp. Croizet and Jobert 1828
Megantereon (?) sp. indet.
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821
Cervus perrieri - Arvernoceros ardei Formenkreis
Cervus pardinensis Croizet and Jobert 1828
recombined as Metacervocerus pardinensis
Capreolus sp. Gray 1821
Croizetoceros ramosus (Croizet and Jobert 1828)
Mammalia - Suidae
Sus minor
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus arvernensis Croizet and Jobert 1828
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821
Dicerorhinus jeanvireti Guérin 1972
recombined as Stephanorhinus jeanvireti
see common names

Geography
Country:Slovakia
Coordinates: 48.3° North, 19.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.2° North, 19.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Piacenzian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Villanyian
Age range of interval:3.10000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: 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.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: tuff
Lithology description: Hajnacka I/2 is in one of three tuff layers. The micromammal remains were in a small lens amongst the mastodon bones.
Environment:lacustrine indet.
Geology comments: 'The fossils are found in limnic basin fillings with pyroclastic intercalations (tuffs, tuffite, lapilli, agglomerates).'
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: This material is in the Geologischen Instituts, Prague.
Metadata
Also known as:Hajnácka 1, level 2
Database number:41026
Authorizer:A. Turner, P. Mannion, J. Mueller, E. Vlachos Enterer:H. O'Regan, E. Vlachos, T. Liebrecht, P. Mannion
Modifier:H. O'Regan Research group:PACED
Created:2004-07-06 03:58:37 Last modified:2004-07-06 08:57:36
Access level:the public Released:2004-07-06 03:58:37
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
11054.PACED 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]

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]
62897 W. G. Joyce. 2016. A Review of the Fossil Record of Turtles of the Clade Pan-Chelydridae. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 57(1):21-56 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Mannion]