PBDB Collection

Zapfe's fissures (Miocene of Slovakia)

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

Where: Bratislava, Slovakia (48.2° N, 17.0° E: paleocoordinates 47.7° N, 16.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: MN 6 (13.7 - 12.8 Ma)

• MN 6 biozone (Astaracian, the uppermost part of the Badenian)

Environment/lithology: fissure fill; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

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: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 69711: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.03.2007, edited by Lars van den Hoek Ostende and Terri Cleary

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Miodryomys hamadryas, Haploaceratherium cf. tetradactylum Miodryomys hamadryas Haploaceratherium cf. tetradactylum
Mammalia
Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae	Miniopterus fossilis, Paleptesicus priscus Miniopterus fossilis Zapfe 1950 bend-winged bat Paleptesicus priscus Zapfe 1950 vesper bat
Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae	Rhinolophus delphinensis, Rhinolophus grivensis Rhinolophus delphinensis Gaillard 1899 horseshoe bat Rhinolophus grivensis Depéret 1892 horseshoe bat
Chiroptera - Megadermatidae	Megaderma lugdunensis⁴ Megaderma lugdunensis⁴ Depéret 1892 false vampire this is a bat, not a whale!
Tribosphenida - Erinaceoidae	Plesiodimylus chantrei Plesiodimylus chantrei Gaillard 1899 placental
Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae	Lanthanotherium sansaniense, Amphechinus intermedius Lanthanotherium sansaniense hedgehog Amphechinus intermedius Gaillard 1899 hedgehog
Soricomorpha - Soricidae	"Allosorex" gracillidens, Lartetium aehmi, Dinosorex zapfei, Dinosorex zapfei n. sp.² "Allosorex" gracillidens red-toothed shrew Lartetium aehmi shrew Dinosorex zapfei Engesser 1975 shrew Dinosorex zapfei n. sp.² Engesser 1975 shrew
Soricomorpha - Talpidae	Talpidae indet., Talpa minuta, "Scaptonyx" edwardsi, ? Urotrichus dolichochir Talpidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 mole Talpa minuta Blainville 1840 mole "Scaptonyx" edwardsi Gaillard 1899 Long-tailed mole ? Urotrichus dolichochir Gaillard 1899 greater Japanese shrew-mole
Artiodactyla - Suidae	Hyotherium soemeringi, Aureliachoerus aurelianensis Hyotherium soemeringi pig Aureliachoerus aurelianensis Stehlin 1899 pig
Artiodactyla - Tragulidae	Dorcatherium vindobonense Dorcatherium vindobonense von Meyer 1846 chevrotain
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Eotragus haplodon Eotragus haplodon antelope
Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae	Palaeomeryx magnus Palaeomeryx magnus Lartet 1851 ruminant
Artiodactyla - Lagomerycidae	Dicrocerus elegans, Heteroprox larteti Dicrocerus elegans Lartet 1837 ruminant Heteroprox larteti Filhol 1890 ruminant
Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae	Chalicotherium grandae Chalicotherium grandae chalicothere
Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae	Rhinocerotidae indet., Dicerorhinus stenheimensis Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros Dicerorhinus stenheimensis rhinoceros
Carnivora - Felidae	Pseudaelurus sp. Pseudaelurus sp. Leidy 1858 cat
Carnivora - Nimravidae	Sansanosmilus jourdani Sansanosmilus jourdani Filhol 1883 false sabre-tooth
Carnivora - Amphicyonidae	Amphicyon cf. steinheimensis, Amphicyon major Amphicyon cf. steinheimensis bear-dog Amphicyon major De Blainville 1841 bear-dog
Carnivora - Mustelidae	Mustelidae indet., Trocharion albanense Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817 mustelid carnivore Trocharion albanense Forsyth-Major 1903 mustelid carnivore
Carnivora - Ailuridae	Alopecocyon leptorhynchus Alopecocyon leptorhynchus red panda
Carnivora - Ursidae	Ursavus brevirhinus, Hemicyon sansaniensis, Hemicyon cf. sansaniensis Ursavus brevirhinus Hofmann 1887 bear Hemicyon sansaniensis Lartet 1851 bear Hemicyon cf. sansaniensis Lartet 1851 bear
Rodentia - Cricetidae	"Democricetodon vindobonensis" = Copemys, Eumyarion latior, Eumyarion weinfurteri, Lartetomys cf. zapfei, Megacricetodon schaubi, Megacricetodon gregarius, Cricetodon sansaniensis "Democricetodon vindobonensis" = Copemys rodent Eumyarion latior Schaub and Zapfe 1953 rodent Eumyarion weinfurteri Schaub and Zapfe 1953 rodent Lartetomys cf. zapfei Mein and Freudenthal 1971 rodent Megacricetodon schaubi rodent Megacricetodon gregarius Schaub 1925 rodent Cricetodon sansaniensis Lartet 1851 rodent
Rodentia - Anomalomyidae	Anomalomys gaudryi Anomalomys gaudryi Mein and Freudenthal 1971 rodent
Rodentia - Eomyidae	Eomyops indet., Keramidomys carpathicus Eomyops indet. Engesser 1979 rodent Keramidomys carpathicus Schaub and Zapfe 1953 rodent
Rodentia - Gliridae	Microdyromys miocaenicus, Muscardinus (Eomuscardinus) sansaniense, Myoglis larteti, Bransatoglis astaracensis Microdyromys miocaenicus dormouse Muscardinus (Eomuscardinus) sansaniense dormouse Myoglis larteti Baudelot 1966 dormouse Bransatoglis astaracensis Baudelot 1970 dormouse
Rodentia - Sciuridae	Blackia micoenica, Spermophilus bredai Blackia micoenica squirrel Spermophilus bredai ground squirrel
Primates - Pliopithecidae	Pliopithecus vindobonensis Pliopithecus vindobonensis Zapfe and Hürzeler 1957 monkey
Proboscidea - Mammutidae	Zygolophodon turicensis Zygolophodon turicensis Schintz 1824 mastodon
Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae	Prodeinotherium bavaricum Prodeinotherium bavaricum von Meyer 1831 deinothere
Reptilia
Squamata - Anguidae	Pseudopus sp.³ Pseudopus sp.³ Merrem 1820 legless lizard SNM PP 1393, parietal
Squamata - Gekkonidae	Euleptes klembarai n. sp.¹ Euleptes klembarai n. sp.¹ Čerňanský et al. 2018 gecko previously Phyllodactylus (Estes 1969); PIUW (Coll. Zapfe) a left maxilla; [no specimen no.], the anterior part of the left dentary up to the 10th tooth loci

¹Čerňanský et al. 2018; ²Engesser 1975; ³Klembara and Rummel 2018; ⁴Uhen 2500