PBDB Collection

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

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