Also known as Osztramos 7, Osztramos Hill
Where: Borsodabaujzemplen, Hungary (48.5° N, 20.8° E: paleocoordinates 48.4° N, 20.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Villanyian (3.2 - 2.6 Ma)
• Mid Pliocene, MN16, Villafranchian.
Environment/lithology: fissure fill
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk,
• Although layers were observed in the deposits, 'commercial quarrying and the narrow width of the cleft' meant that collection by layer was not possible. It was excavated from1955 to 1975.
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 35358: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 05.12.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
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Sminthozapus janossyi jumping mouse | |
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Baranomys loczyi, Germanomys cf. weileri, Cricetinus sp., Lemmus sp., "Mimomys stehlini" = Mimomys, "Mimomys sp." = Mimomys, "Cseria sp." = Mimomys, Prospalax priscus
Baranomys loczyi mouse
Germanomys cf. weileri mouse
"Mimomys stehlini" = Mimomys vole
"Mimomys sp." = Mimomys Forsyth-Major 1902 vole Mimomys sp. div (incl. Cseria sp (listed seperately))
"Cseria sp." = Mimomys Forsyth-Major 1902 vole
Prospalax priscus mouse | |
Muscardinus sp. Kaup 1829 dormouse
"Glirulus pusillus" = Amphidyromys pusillus Heller 1936 Japanese dormouse
Glis minor Kowalski 1963 dormouse
Dryomimus eliomyoides Kretzoi 1959 dormouse | |
Pliopetes hungaricus squirrel
Pliopetaurista dehneli squirrel | |
Estramomys simplex rodent | |
Hystrix cf. major porcupine | |
Vulpes sp. Frisch 1775 fox
Canis aff. arnensis Del Campana 1913 canine | |
Mustela aff. plioerminea weasel
Putorius stromeri Kormos 1934 polecat
Mustela cf. praenivalis Kormos 1934 weasel
aff. Pannonictis janossyi mustelid carnivore | |
"Ursus cf. minimus" = Euarctos minimus
"Ursus cf. minimus" = Euarctos minimus Devéze and Bouillet 1827 bear | |
Felis cf. lunensis Martelli 1906 cat | |
Equus "robustus" Linnaeus 1758 horse | |
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"cf. Cervus philisi" = Metacervocerus philisi, ? Cervodama pontoborealis
"cf. Cervus philisi" = Metacervocerus philisi Mennecart et al. 2017 deer Cervus s. l. sp. II (= cf. Cervus philisi)
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Talpa sp. Linnaeus 1758 mole
Desmana sp. Guldenstaedt 1777 Russian desman | |
Petenyiella cf. gracilis, Beremendia fissidens, Blarinoides mariae, Episoriculus gibberodon, Petenyia hungarica
Petenyiella cf. gracilis shrew
Beremendia fissidens Petényi 1864 shrew
Blarinoides mariae Sulimski 1959 red-toothed shrew
Episoriculus gibberodon Petenyi 1864 red-toothed shrew
Petenyia hungarica Kormos 1934 red-toothed shrew | |
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779 bat | |
Reptilia | |
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Aves | |
Tetrao cf. conjugens Jánossy 1974 pheasant
Francolinus minor francolin | |
Passeriformes indet. Linnaeus 1758 perching bird | |
Bubo sp. Dumeril 1806 eagle-owl
Surnia robusta Jánossy 1977 northern hawk owl
Athene veta Janossy 1974 true owl | |
Amphibia | |
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Angiospermae | |
Celtis sp. Linnaeus 1753 hackberry |