Polgárdi 5: Turolian, Hungary

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Varanidae
Varanus cf. hoffmanni Roger 1898
Venczel 2006
MÁFI V.06.1693.1, 1 trunk vertebra; MÁFI V.06.1694.1, 1 cervical vertebra; MÁFI V.06.1695.1, 1 trunk vertebra; MÁFI V.06.1696.1, 1 trunk vertebra, MÁFI V.06.1697.16, 10 trunk vertebrae, 1 cervical vertebra, 5 caudal vertebrae; MÁFI V.06.1698.2, 2 fi rst sacral vertebrae; MÁFI V.06.1699.3, 3 caudal vertebrae; MÁFI V.06.1700.3, 3 femurs; MÁFI V.06.1701.1, 1 ulna
Reptilia - Anguidae
Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803
Venczel 2006
MÁFI V.06.1691.2, 2 vertebrae
Pseudopus pannonicus (Kormos 1911)
Venczel 2006
MÁFI V.06.1692.3, 3 osteoderms
Reptilia - Lacertidae
Lacertidae (informal Species A) indet. Bonaparte 1831
Venczel 2006
MÁFI V.06.16790.1, 1 dentary
Reptilia - Crotalidae
Macrovipera gedulyi (Bolkay 1913)
36 specimens
original and current combination Vipera gedulyi
Reptilia - Colubridae
Elaphe praelongissima Venczel 1994
2 specimens
Coluber sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Coluber hungaricus (Bolkay 1913)
2771 specimens
Coronella miocaenica Venczel 1998
1 specimen
Natrix cf. longivertebrata Szyndlar 1984
10 specimens
Mammalia - Soricidae
Kordosia topali (Jánossy 1972)
Mészáros 1997
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:2821
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:48296
Authorizer:J. Head, L. van den Hoek Ostende, R. Butler Enterer:J. Head, J. Benito Moreno, L. van den Hoek Ostende
Modifier:J. Head Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-03-15 19:09:32 Last modified:2005-03-15 21:09:32
Access level:the public Released:2005-03-15 19:09:30
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:

25424 L. G. Mészáros. 1997. Kordosia, a new genus for some Late Miocene Amblycoptini shrews (Mammalia, Insectivora). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie un Paläontologie 1997(2):65-78 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende]
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]