PBDB Collection

Osztramos locality 1/b (Pliocene of Hungary)

Where: North Hungary, Hungary (48.5° N, 20.8° E: paleocoordinates 48.4° N, 20.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• "Based on micromammals, the age of the fauna may be defined as Lower Pliocene (MN 14) (KORDOS 1994; FEJFAR et al. 1998)" (Venczel, 2001).

Environment/lithology: fissure fill; calcareous breccia and limestone

• The fossil locality is a "bone pocket" within a fissure fill of Middle Triassic limestone. The fossil bearing sediments are described as "brecciated".

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected in 1970-1972

Collection methods: acetic,

• " [...] the excavation of the entire material took place between 1970-1972 (JÁNOSSY & KORDOS 1977). [...] The entire material is deposited in the Hungarian Natural History Museum [HNHM] in Budapest" (Venczel, 2001).

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Primary reference: M. Venczel. 2001. Anurans and squamates from the Lower Pliocene (MN 14) Osztramos 1 locality (Northern Hungary). Fragmenta Palaeontologica Hungarica 19:79-90 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 136066: authorized by Johannes Mueller, entered by Torsten Liebrecht on 16.11.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
Squamata - Crotalidae	"Vipera cf. berus" = Vipera (Pelias) berus, "Vipera cf. ammodytes" = Vipera (Vipera) ammodytes "Vipera cf. berus" = Vipera (Pelias) berus Linnaeus 1758 common adder 2 skull bones, 11 presacrals (HNHM No.V.99.40) "Vipera cf. ammodytes" = Vipera (Vipera) ammodytes Linnaeus 1758 sand viper 13 skull bones, 17 vertebrae (HNHM No.V.99.38)
Squamata - Colubridae	Coluber hungaricus, Elaphe praelongissima, Coronella cf. austriaca, Natrix longivertebrata Coluber hungaricus Bolkay 1913 racer 5 skull bones (HNHM No.V.99.23), 10 Vertebrae (HNHM No.V.99.24) Elaphe praelongissima Venczel 1994 colubrid snake 1 prootic, 3 vertebrae (HNHM No.V.99.31) Coronella cf. austriaca Laurenti 1768 smooth snake 3 skull bones (HNHM No.V.99.26), 4 vertebrae (HNHM No.V.99.27) Natrix longivertebrata Szyndlar 1984 water snake 12 skull bones, 2 compound bones, 14 vertebrae (HNHM No.V.99.35)
Squamata - Anguidae	Anguis fragilis, Pseudopus pannonicus Anguis fragilis Linneaus 1758 Slow worm 2 osteoderms, 1 dentary, 10 trunk vertebrae (HNHM No.V.99.18) Pseudopus pannonicus Kormos 1911 legless lizard 1 osteoderm, 1 dentary, 1 trunk vertebra (HNHM No.V.99.20)
Squamata - Gekkonidae	Gekkonidae indet. Gekkonidae indet. Gray 1825 gecko 1 dentary (HNHM No.V.99.15); taxon spelled 'Geckonidae indet.' in the reference
Squamata - Lacertidae	Lacerta sp. Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758 squamates 2 skull bones (HNHM No.V.99.16)
Amphibia
Salientia -	Latonia gigantea Latonia gigantea Lartet 1851 frog 1 frontoparietal, 1 urostyle, 1 ilium (HNHM No.V.99.1)
Salientia - Pelobatidae	Eopelobates sp. Eopelobates sp. Parker 1929 spadefoot toad 1 scapula, 6 vertebrae, 5 ilia (HNHM No.V.99.5)
Salientia - Palaeobatrachidae	Pliobatrachus cf. langhae Pliobatrachus cf. langhae Fejérváry 1917 frog 1 frontoparietal, 1 right ilium, both fragmentary (HNHM No.V.99.4)
Salientia - Bufonidae	Bufo viridis Bufo viridis Laurenti 1768 European green toad 3 fragmentary skulls, 2 vertebrae (HNHM No.V.99.10)
Salientia - Ranidae	Rana sp. Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758 frog 3 skull bones, 1 scapula, 3 vertebrae, 15 ilia (HNHM No.V.99.12)