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Villany locality 3 (Pliocene of Hungary)

Also known as Villany-Kalkberg-Nord, Villány 3, Villány-Kalkberg-Nord

Where: Barany, Hungary (45.9° N, 18.5° E: paleocoordinates 45.8° N, 18.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Villanyian (3.2 - 2.6 Ma)

• Villany 3 is the type locality of the Villanyian fauna, and is in the Upper Villanyian. Late Pliocene, MN17.

Environment/lithology:

• 'The site is situated in the northern wall of the eastern end of the ridge quarry. A cleft, on the average 1m wide and lying in a direction east to west, cuts through the Lower Malm Oxfordian limestone, and is filled with red sediment cemented by secondary calcite formation.'

• a 1m wide cleft running from east to west, infilled with red sediment cemented by secondary calcite formation.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: Kormos collected at this locality from the 1910s until 1939.

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 35369: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 08.12.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• The faunal lists contain no quantitative data, and although collected layer-by-layer only one faunal list is given.

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Amphibia
Salientia - Bufonidae	Bufo viridis Bufo viridis Laurenti 1768 European green toad
Reptilia
Testudines - Testudinidae	Testudo lambrechti Testudo lambrechti turtle
Aves
-	Aves indet. Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
Strigiformes - Strigidae	Bubo sp., Surnia robusta Bubo sp. Dumeril 1806 eagle-owl Surnia robusta Jánossy 1977 northern hawk owl
Galliformes - Phasianidae	"Francolinus subfrancolinus" = Palaeocryptonyx donnezani, Lyrurus cf. partium "Francolinus subfrancolinus" = Palaeocryptonyx donnezani Deperet 1890 pheasant Lyrurus cf. partium Kretzoi 1962 pheasant
Accipitriformes - Accipitridae	Aquila cf. chrysaetos Aquila cf. chrysaetos Linnaeus 1758 golden eagle
Reptilia
Squamata - Lacertidae	Lacerta viridis Lacerta viridis Laurenti 1768 European green lizard
Squamata - Colubridae	Natrix natrix, Zamenis jugularis Natrix natrix Linnaeus 1758 water snake Zamenis jugularis colubrid snake Zamenis jugularis caspicus
Mammalia
Proboscidea - Elephantidae	"Mammuthus" wuesti "Mammuthus" wuesti mammoth "Mammuthus wüsti"
Rodentia - Muridae	"Apodemus sylvaticus" = Mus sylvaticus, Apodemus alsomyoides "Apodemus sylvaticus" = Mus sylvaticus Linnaeus 1758 wood mouse Apodemus alsomyoides Eurasian field mouse
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Lagurodon sp., "Clethrionomys sebaldi" = Myodes, Mimomys fejervaryi, Mimomys hungaricus, Mimomys petenyii, Mimomys pusillus, Mimomys aff. pliocaenicus, Kislangia rex, Rhinocricetus ehiki, Prospalax priscus Lagurodon sp. Kretzoi 1956 mouse "Clethrionomys sebaldi" = Myodes vole Mimomys fejervaryi vole M. fejérváryi Mimomys hungaricus vole Mimomys petenyii vole Mimomys pusillus vole Mimomys aff. pliocaenicus Forsyth Major 1889 vole Kislangia rex mouse Rhinocricetus ehiki mouse R. éhiki Prospalax priscus mouse
Rodentia - Sciuridae	"Citellus primigenius" = Spermophilus "Citellus primigenius" = Spermophilus ground squirrel
Rodentia - Eomyidae	Estramomys simplex Estramomys simplex rodent
Rodentia - Hystricidae	Hystrix sp. Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758 porcupine
Rodentia - Gliridae	Glis sackdillingensis, Dryomimus eliomyoides Glis sackdillingensis Heller 1930 dormouse Dryomimus eliomyoides Kretzoi 1959 dormouse (not Eliomys sp.)
Lagomorpha - Leporidae	Pliolagus beremendensis, Hypolagus beremendensis Pliolagus beremendensis rabbit Hypolagus beremendensis rabbit
Theriamorpha - Talpidae	Desmana nehringi, Talpa minor, Talpa fossilis Desmana nehringi Kormos 1913 Russian desman Talpa minor Freudenberg 1914 mole Talpa fossilis Petenyi 1864 mole
Theriamorpha - Soricidae	Beremendia fissidens, Crocidura kornfeldi, Episoriculus gibberodon, Sorex minutus, Sorex runtonensis, Petenyia hungarica Beremendia fissidens Petényi 1864 shrew Crocidura kornfeldi Kormos 1934 white-toothed shrew Episoriculus gibberodon Petenyi 1864 red-toothed shrew Sorex minutus Linnaeus 1766 Eurasian pygmy shrew Sorex runtonensis Hinton 1911 long-tailed shrew Petenyia hungarica Kormos 1934 red-toothed shrew
Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae	Erinaceus sp. Erinaceus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hedgehog
Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae	Rhinolophus aff. ferrumequinum Rhinolophus aff. ferrumequinum Schreber 1774 greater horseshoe bat
Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae	Vespertilio majori, Myotis steiningeri, Myotis schaubi, Myotis wuesti, Myotis baranensis, Eptesicus praeglacialis Vespertilio majori Kormos 1934 vesper bat Myotis steiningeri vesper bat Myotis schaubi vesper bat Myotis wuesti vesper bat Myotis wüsti Myotis baranensis Kormos 1934 vesper bat Eptesicus praeglacialis Kormos 1930 house bat
Carnivora - Felidae	Felidae indet., Panthera sp., Panthera cf. gombaszoegensis, Felis sp., Lynx lynx, Homotherium hungaricus Felidae indet. Gray 1821 cat Panthera sp. Oken 1816 cat Panthera cf. gombaszoegensis Kretzoi 1938 cat L. cf. gombaszögensis Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758 cat Lynx lynx Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian lynx Lynx lynx strandi Homotherium hungaricus cat
Carnivora - Canidae	Canis mosbachensis, Canis lupus, Vulpes ? vulpes, Vulpes praecorsac, Alopex praeglacialis n. sp. Canis mosbachensis Soergel 1925 canine Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758 gray wolf Canis lupus ssp. indet. Vulpes ? vulpes Linnaeus 1758 red fox Vulpes praecorsac Kormos 1932 fox Alopex praeglacialis n. sp. Kormos 1932 Arctic fox Right mandible
Carnivora - Ursidae	Ursus cf. gombaszoegensis, Ursulus stehlini Ursus cf. gombaszoegensis bear Ursus gombaszögensis Ursulus stehlini bear
Carnivora - Mustelidae	Pannonictis pliocaenica, Mustela palerminea, Baranogale beremendensis, Xenictis pilgrimi Pannonictis pliocaenica Kormos 1931 mustelid carnivore Mustela palerminea weasel Baranogale beremendensis mustelid carnivore Xenictis pilgrimi mustelid carnivore
Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae	Stephanorhinus etruscus Stephanorhinus etruscus Falconer 1868 rhinoceros
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Equus sp. Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Bovidae indet., Tragospira cf. pannonica, Gazellospira cf. torticornis, Hemitragus cf. bonali, Procamptoceras cf. brivatense Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope Tragospira cf. pannonica antelope Gazellospira cf. torticornis antelope Hemitragus cf. bonali antelope Procamptoceras cf. brivatense antelope
Artiodactyla - Cervidae	Cervus sp., Capreolus sp. Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758 deer Capreolus sp. Gray 1821 roe