Where: Hungary (48.5° N, 20.8° E: paleocoordinates 48.4° N, 20.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)
• Time: "Upper Villafranchian", Vallanyium, Lowermost Pleistocene
Environment/lithology: fissure fill; unlithified, condensed, brown, red siltstone and limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk,
Primary reference: D. Janossy. 1970. Ein neuer Eomyide (Rodentia, Mammalia) aus dem Ältestpleistozän ("Oberes Villafrankium", Villanyium) des Osztramos (Nordostungarn); (A new Eomyid (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the lowermost Pleistocene (upper Villafranchian) from Osztramos mountain (Northeastern Hungary). Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 62:99-113 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 39797: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 06.06.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Glis cf. sackdillingensis Heller 1930 dormouse | |
"Citellus cf. primigenius" = Spermophilus
"Citellus cf. primigenius" = Spermophilus ground squirrel | |
Estramomys simplex rodent | |
Micromys cf. praeminutus harvest mouse | |
"Dolomys" "episcopalis", "Dolomys" "kretzoii", Prospalax priscus, Germanomys sp., Villanyia sp., Mimomys hungaricus, Mimomys aff. hassiacus, Mimomys sp., Mimomys cf. hintoni, Mimomys cf. pliocaenicus, Lemmus cf. lemmus, Allocricetus aff. ehiki, Trilophomys cf. schaubi
"Dolomys" "episcopalis" Nehring 1898 mouse
"Dolomys" "kretzoii" Nehring 1898 mouse
Prospalax priscus mouse
Germanomys sp. Heller 1936 mouse
Villanyia sp. Kretzoi 1956 vole
Mimomys hungaricus vole
Mimomys cf. hintoni vole
Mimomys cf. pliocaenicus Forsyth Major 1889 vole
Lemmus cf. lemmus Linnaeus 1758 Norway lemming
Allocricetus aff. ehiki mouse
Trilophomys cf. schaubi Fejfar 1961 mouse | |
Hypolagus sp. Dice 1917 rabbit | |
Ochotona sp. Link 1795 pika | |
Erinaceus "praeglacialis" Brunner 1933 hedgehog | |
Beremendia fissidens, Petenyia hungarica, Sorex cf. praeminutus, Sorex "araneus", Crocidura cf. kornfeldi
Beremendia fissidens Petényi 1864 shrew
Petenyia hungarica Kormos 1934 red-toothed shrew
Sorex cf. praeminutus long-tailed shrew
Sorex "araneus" Linnaeus 1758 common shrew
Crocidura cf. kornfeldi Kormos 1934 white-toothed shrew | |
Talpa "fossilis" Petenyi 1864 mole | |
Rhinolophus sp. Lacépède 1799 horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus aff. ferrumequinum Schreber 1774 greater horseshoe bat | |
Myotis schaubi vesper bat
Myotis dasycneme Boie 1825 vesper bat | |
Reptilia | |
Ophisaurus cf. intermedius glass lizard |