Polgárdi 4 "Upper": Turolian, Hungary

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Anguidae
Pseudopus pannonicus (Kormos 1911)
Venczel 2006
MÁFI V.06.1685.3, 2 trunk vertebrae, 1 caudal vertebra; MÁFI V.06.1686.2, 2 osteoderms
Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803
Venczel 2006
MÁFI V.06.1687.1, 1 dentary; MÁFI V.06.1688.14, 14 vertebrae; MÁFI V.06.1689.6, 6 osteoderms
Reptilia - Crotalidae
Macrovipera gedulyi (Bolkay 1913)
43 specimens
original and current combination Vipera gedulyi
Reptilia - Colubridae
Coronella miocaenica n. sp. Venczel 1998
361 specimens
Coluber hungaricus (Bolkay 1913)
95 specimens
Elaphe praelongissima Venczel 1994
2 specimens
Elaphe szyndlari n. sp. Venczel 1998
49 specimens
Telescopus sp. Waner 1830
3 specimens
Natrix cf. longivertebrata Szyndlar 1984
42 specimens
Reptilia - Lacertidae
Lacertidae (informal species A) indet. Bonaparte 1831
Venczel 2006
MÁFI V.06.1683.2, 2 fr. dentaries
Lacertidae (informal species B) indet. Bonaparte 1831
Venczel 2006
MÁFI V.06.1684.7, 7 vertebrae
Lacerta cf. viridis (Laurenti 1768)
Venczel 2006
MÁFI V.06.1681.4, 4 maxillae; MÁFI V.06.1682.10, 10 dentaries
see common names

Geography
Country:Hungary
Coordinates: 47.1° North, 18.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.8° North, 18.5° East
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Turolian
Age range of interval:8.70000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Local fissure fill
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Disassociated major elements:all
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float),surface (in situ),mechanical,survey of museum collection
Collection size:595
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:48294
Authorizer:J. Head, R. Butler Enterer:J. Head, J. Benito Moreno
Modifier:J. Head Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-03-15 18:48:57 Last modified:2005-03-15 20:54:57
Access level:the public Released:2005-03-15 18:48:57
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

12909. M. Venczel. 1998. Late Miocene snakes (Reptilia: Serpentes) form Polgárdi (Hungary): a second contribution. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 41:1-22 [J. Head/J. Head/T. Liebrecht]

Secondary references:

56814 M. Venczel. 2006. Lizards from the Late Miocene of Polgárdi (W-Hungary). Nymphaea, Folia naturae Bihariae 33:25-38 [R. Butler/J. Benito Moreno]