PBDB Collection

Zapfe's fissures (Miocene of Slovakia)

Also known as Neudorf-Spalte, Stockerau limestone quarry, Devínska Nová Ves [= Neudorf a. d. March]

Where: Bratislava, Slovakia (48.2° N, 17.0° E: paleocoordinates 47.7° N, 16.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: MN 6 (13.7 - 12.8 Ma)

• MN 6 biozone (Astaracian, the uppermost part of the Badenian)

Environment/lithology: fissure fill; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: M. Sabol and P. Holec. 2002. Temporal and spatial distribution of Miocene mammals in the western Carpatians (Slovakia). Geologica Carpathica 53(4):269-279 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 69711: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.03.2007, edited by Lars van den Hoek Ostende and Terri Cleary

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Miodryomys hamadryas, Haploaceratherium cf. tetradactylum Miodryomys hamadryas Haploaceratherium cf. tetradactylum
Mammalia
Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae	Miniopterus fossilis, Paleptesicus priscus Miniopterus fossilis Zapfe 1950 bend-winged bat Paleptesicus priscus Zapfe 1950 vesper bat
Chiroptera - Megadermatidae	Megaderma lugdunensis⁴ Megaderma lugdunensis⁴ Depéret 1892 false vampire this is a bat, not a whale!
Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae	Rhinolophus grivensis, Rhinolophus delphinensis Rhinolophus grivensis Depéret 1892 horseshoe bat Rhinolophus delphinensis Gaillard 1899 horseshoe bat
Rodentia - Eomyidae	Keramidomys carpathicus, Eomyops indet. Keramidomys carpathicus Schaub and Zapfe 1953 rodent Eomyops indet. Engesser 1979 rodent
Rodentia - Anomalomyidae	Anomalomys gaudryi Anomalomys gaudryi Mein and Freudenthal 1971 rodent
Rodentia - Sciuridae	Blackia micoenica, Spermophilus bredai Blackia micoenica squirrel Spermophilus bredai ground squirrel
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Cricetodon sansaniensis, Megacricetodon schaubi, Megacricetodon gregarius, Lartetomys cf. zapfei, "Democricetodon vindobonensis" = Copemys, Eumyarion latior, Eumyarion weinfurteri Cricetodon sansaniensis Lartet 1851 rodent Megacricetodon schaubi rodent Megacricetodon gregarius Schaub 1925 rodent Lartetomys cf. zapfei Mein and Freudenthal 1971 rodent "Democricetodon vindobonensis" = Copemys rodent Eumyarion latior Schaub and Zapfe 1953 rodent Eumyarion weinfurteri Schaub and Zapfe 1953 rodent
Rodentia - Gliridae	Muscardinus (Eomuscardinus) sansaniense, Myoglis larteti, Bransatoglis astaracensis, Microdyromys miocaenicus Muscardinus (Eomuscardinus) sansaniense dormouse Myoglis larteti Baudelot 1966 dormouse Bransatoglis astaracensis Baudelot 1970 dormouse Microdyromys miocaenicus dormouse
Primates - Pliopithecidae	Pliopithecus vindobonensis Pliopithecus vindobonensis Zapfe and Hürzeler 1957 monkey
Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae	Rhinocerotidae indet., Dicerorhinus stenheimensis Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros Dicerorhinus stenheimensis rhinoceros
Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae	Chalicotherium grandae Chalicotherium grandae chalicothere
Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae	Palaeomeryx magnus Palaeomeryx magnus ruminant
Artiodactyla - Lagomerycidae	Heteroprox larteti, Dicrocerus elegans Heteroprox larteti Filhol 1890 ruminant Dicrocerus elegans Lartet 1837 ruminant
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Eotragus haplodon Eotragus haplodon antelope
Artiodactyla - Tragulidae	Dorcatherium vindobonense Dorcatherium vindobonense von Meyer 1846 chevrotain
Artiodactyla - Suidae	Aureliachoerus aurelianensis, Hyotherium soemeringi Aureliachoerus aurelianensis pig Hyotherium soemeringi pig
Carnivora - Ursidae	Ursavus brevirhinus, Hemicyon sansaniensis, Hemicyon cf. sansaniensis Ursavus brevirhinus Hofmann 1887 bear Hemicyon sansaniensis Lartet 1851 bear Hemicyon cf. sansaniensis Lartet 1851 bear
Carnivora - Ailuridae	Alopecocyon leptorhynchus Alopecocyon leptorhynchus red panda
Carnivora - Mustelidae	Mustelidae indet., Trocharion albanense Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817 mustelid carnivore Trocharion albanense Forsyth-Major 1903 mustelid carnivore
Carnivora - Amphicyonidae	Amphicyon cf. steinheimensis, Amphicyon major Amphicyon cf. steinheimensis bear-dog Amphicyon major De Blainville 1841 bear-dog
Carnivora - Nimravidae	Sansanosmilus jourdani Sansanosmilus jourdani Filhol 1883 false sabre-tooth
Carnivora - Felidae	Pseudaelurus sp. Pseudaelurus sp. Leidy 1858 cat
Soricomorpha - Talpidae	Talpidae indet., Talpa minuta, "Scaptonyx" edwardsi, ? Urotrichus dolichochir Talpidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 mole Talpa minuta Blainville 1840 mole "Scaptonyx" edwardsi Gaillard 1899 Long-tailed mole ? Urotrichus dolichochir Gaillard 1899 greater Japanese shrew-mole
Soricomorpha - Soricidae	Dinosorex zapfei, Dinosorex zapfei n. sp.², "Allosorex" gracillidens, Lartetium aehmi Dinosorex zapfei Engesser 1975 shrew Dinosorex zapfei n. sp.² Engesser 1975 shrew "Allosorex" gracillidens red-toothed shrew Lartetium aehmi shrew
Tribosphenida - Erinaceoidae	Plesiodimylus chantrei Plesiodimylus chantrei Gaillard 1899 placental
Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae	Lanthanotherium sansaniense, Amphechinus intermedius Lanthanotherium sansaniense hedgehog Amphechinus intermedius Gaillard 1899 hedgehog
Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae	Prodeinotherium bavaricum Prodeinotherium bavaricum von Meyer 1831 deinothere
Proboscidea - Mammutidae	Zygolophodon turicensis Zygolophodon turicensis Schintz 1824 mastodon
Reptilia
Squamata - Anguidae	Pseudopus sp.³ Pseudopus sp.³ Merrem 1820 legless lizard SNM PP 1393, parietal
Squamata - Gekkonidae	Euleptes klembarai n. sp.¹ Euleptes klembarai n. sp.¹ Čerňanský et al. 2018 gecko previously Phyllodactylus (Estes 1969); PIUW (Coll. Zapfe) a left maxilla; [no specimen no.], the anterior part of the left dentary up to the 10th tooth loci

¹Čerňanský et al. 2018; ²Engesser 1975; ³Klembara and Rummel 2018; ⁴Uhen 2500