Varhegy (Pleistocene of Hungary)

Where: Hungary (48.2° N, 21.4° E: paleocoordinates 48.2° N, 21.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• Middle Pleistocene

Environment/lithology: cave

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: D. Janossy. 1977. New microstratigraphic horizons in the vertebrate chronology of the Hungarian Pleistocene. Foldrajzi Kozlemenyek 107(1-3):161-174 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 35047: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 27.10.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Amphibia
 Salientia - Pelobatidae
Pelobates fuscus
Pelobates fuscus Laurenti 1768 Common Eurasian spadefoot toad
Aves
 Otidiformes - Otididae
"Otis tetrax" = Tetrax tetrax, Otis tarda
"Otis tetrax" = Tetrax tetrax Linnaeus 1758 little bustard
Otis tarda Linnaeus 1758 great bustard
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Lyrurus tertrix, Coturnix coturnix
Coturnix coturnix Linnaeus 1758 common quail
Reptilia
 Squamata -
Lacertilia indet.
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustela nivalis
Mustela nivalis Linnaeus 1766 least weasel
 Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes vulpes
Vulpes vulpes Linnaeus 1758 red fox
V. vulpes ssp.
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Alces sp., Megaloceros sp.
Alces sp. Gray 1821 moose
Megaloceros sp. Brookes 1828 Irish elk
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Crocidura leucodon
Crocidura leucodon Hermann 1780 white-toothed shrew
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Erinaceus sp.
Erinaceus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hedgehog
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Ochotona cf. pusilla
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus sp.
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare
 Rodentia - Zapodidae
Sicista subtilis
Sicista subtilis Pallas 1773 southern birch mouse
S. subtilis-betulina
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetus cricetus, Allocricetus bursae, Microtus gregalis, Microtus arvalis, Arvicola "sp. 1"
Cricetus cricetus Linnaeus 1758 European hamster
C. cricetus ssp.
Microtus arvalis Pallas 1779 common vole
Arvicola "sp. 1" Lacépède 1799 vole
 Rodentia - Muridae
Spalax cf. leucodon, "Apodemus cf. sylvaticus" = Mus sylvaticus
"Apodemus cf. sylvaticus" = Mus sylvaticus Linnaeus 1758 wood mouse
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Marmota aff. bobak, "Citellus citelloides" = Spermophilus
"Citellus citelloides" = Spermophilus ground squirrel