Bonanza site (Miocene of Slovakia)

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

Where: Bratislava, Slovakia (48.2° N, 18.0° E: paleocoordinates 47.7° N, 17.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: MN 6 mammal zone, Sandberg Member, Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)

• Badenian, MN6b

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; micaceous, quartzose sandstone and calcareous sandstone

• broad karstic fissure in Lower Jurassic limestones, filled with sandstones, calcarenites and limestone boulders

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

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: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 58983: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.03.2006, edited by Torsten Liebrecht

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet.4 Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pecten aduncus4 Eichwald 1830 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea cf. digitalina" = Cubitostrea digitalina4
"Ostrea cf. digitalina" = Cubitostrea digitalina4 Eichwald 1830 oyster
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Aetobatidae
"Aetobatis arcuatus" = Aetobatus irregularis4
"Aetobatis arcuatus" = Aetobatus irregularis4 Agassiz 1843 stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis sp.4 Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray
 Rajiformes - Rajidae
Rajidae indet.4 Blainville 1816 skate
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
"Carcharias cuspidatus" = Araloselachus cuspidatus4
"Carcharias cuspidatus" = Araloselachus cuspidatus4 Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias sp.4 Rafinesque 1810 sand shark
Amphibia
 Salientia -
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Bufo sp.4 Laurenti 1768 toad
 Salientia - Hylidae
Hyla sp.4 Laurenti 1768 tree frog
 Salientia - Pelobatidae
Eopelobates sp.4 Parker 1929 spadefoot toad
Eopelobates bayeri4 Spinar 1952 spadefoot toad
 Caudata -
Caudata indet.4 salamander
 Caudata - Urodela
Salamandra sansaniensis4 Lartet 1851 salamander
Mammalia
  -
Mammalia indet.4 Linnaeus 1758 mammal
 Placentalia -
Rodentia indet.4 Bowdich 1821 rodent
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Gliridae indet. Muirhead 1819 dormouse
Bransatoglis astaracensis Baudelot 1970 dormouse
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciuridae indet. Gray 1821 squirrel
Spermophilinus bredai4 von Meyer 1848 squirrel
Spermophilus bredai ground squirrel
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
? Eomyidae indet.4 Winge 1887 rodent
Eomyops sp. Engesser 1979 rodent
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
? Cricetidae indet.4 Fischer von Waldheim 1817 mouse
Democricetodon sp. Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
Democricetodon vindoboniensis Schaub and Zapfe 1953 mouse
originally entered as "Democricetodon vindobonensis"
Megacricetodon sp. Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
? Megacricetodon sp.4 Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
Eumyarion sp. Thaler 1966 mouse
 Rodentia -
 Theriamorpha - Dimylidae
Plesiodimylus chantrei Gaillard 1899 placental
 Placentalia -
"? Lipotyphla indet." = Eulipotyphla4
"? Lipotyphla indet." = Eulipotyphla4 placental
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Erinaceidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 hedgehog
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814 shrew
Dinosorex zapfei Engesser 1975 shrew
Dinosorex cf. zapfei4 Engesser 1975 shrew
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Talpidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 mole
Talpa minuta4 Blainville 1840 mole
 Placentalia -
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779 bat
 Artiodactyla - Lagomerycidae
Lagomeryx sp.4 Roger 1904 ruminant
Lagomeryx parvulus Roger 1898 ruminant
 Theriamorpha -
"Ungulata indet." = Euungulata4
"Ungulata indet." = Euungulata4 Waddell et al. 2001 placental
 Carnivora - Viverridae
Viverridae indet.4 Gray 1821 civet
Viverrinae indet. Gray 1821 civet
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustelidae indet.4 Fischer 1817 mustelid carnivore
Trocharion albanense Forsyth-Major 1903 mustelid carnivore
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Phocidae indet., "Pristiphoca vetusta" = Miophoca vetusta, Devinophoca claytoni n. gen. n. sp.2, Devinophoca emryi n. sp.3
Phocidae indet. Gray 1821 seal
"Pristiphoca vetusta" = Miophoca vetusta Zapfe 1937 seal
Devinophoca claytoni n. gen. n. sp.2 Koretsky and Holec 2002 seal
Devinophoca emryi n. sp.3 Koretsky and Rahmat 2015 seal
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Zygolophodon turicensis4 Schintz 1824 mastodon
 Insectivora -
Insectivora indet. Bowdich 1821 insectivoran
Reptilia
 Serpentes -
 Squamata - Crotalidae
Vipera sp.5 Laurenti 1768 pit viper
"Vipera aspis complex"; remarks: Szyndlar (1991) reports two precaudals from "Devínska Nová Ves" (DFNSP 5855, 5857), but does not state whether they come from the Bonanza site or from Zapfe's fissures (see coll. 69711) or even from both
 Squamata - Colubridae
Colubrinae indet.4 Oppel 1811 colubrid snake
sp. D
Neonatrix sp.4 Holman 1973 colubrid snake
 Squamata - Anguidae
Ophisaurus sp.1 Daudin 1803 glass lizard
SNM Z 15288, postcranial elements (vertebrae, left pelvic bones, osteoderms)
Actinopteri
 Holocentriformes - Holocentridae
Holocentridae indet.4 Richardson 1846
Holocentrus sp.4 Gronovius 1763
 Acanthuriformes - Acanthuridae
 Labriformes - Labridae
Labridae indet.4 Cuvier 1816
 Tetraodontiformes - Tetraodontidae
 Teleostei -
Perciformes indet.4 Bleeker 1859 perch-like fish
 Perciformes -
Percoidei indet.4 Bleeker 1859 perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Serranidae
Serranidae indet.4 Swainson 1839 perch-like fish
Serranus sp.4 Cuvier 1817 perch-like fish
Epinephelus sp.4 Bloch 1793 perch-like fish
 Scombriformes - Trichiuridae
 Acanthomorphata - Centropomidae
Lates sp.4 Cuvier 1828 lates
 Acanthopteri - Sphyraenidae
? Sphyraena sp.4 Artedi 1793 barracuda
 Scorpaeniformes - Triglidae
Triglidae indet.4 sea robin
Trigla sp.4 Linnaeus 1758 sea robin