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: 44.8° N, 19.1° E (Wright 2013)

• 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

unclassified
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Mammalia
 Carnivora - Nimravidae
Sansanosmilus jourdani Filhol 1883 false sabre-tooth
 Carnivora - Felidae
Pseudaelurus sp. Leidy 1858 cat
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Amphicyon major De Blainville 1841 bear-dog
 Carnivora - Ailuridae
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817 mustelid carnivore
Trocharion albanense Forsyth-Major 1903 mustelid carnivore
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursavus brevirhinus Hofmann 1887 bear
Hemicyon sansaniensis Lartet 1851 bear
Hemicyon cf. sansaniensis Lartet 1851 bear
 Artiodactyla - Tragulidae
Dorcatherium vindobonense von Meyer 1846 chevrotain
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Palaeomeryx magnus Lartet 1851 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Lagomerycidae
Dicrocerus elegans Lartet 1837 ruminant
Heteroprox larteti Filhol 1890 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
 Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae
Amphechinus intermedius Gaillard 1899 hedgehog
 Tribosphenida - Erinaceoidae
Plesiodimylus chantrei Gaillard 1899 placental
 Soricomorpha - Soricidae
"Allosorex" gracillidens red-toothed shrew
Dinosorex zapfei Engesser 1975 shrew
Dinosorex zapfei n. sp.2 Engesser 1975 shrew
 Soricomorpha - Talpidae
Talpidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 mole
? Urotrichus dolichochir Gaillard 1899 greater Japanese shrew-mole
"Scaptonyx" edwardsi Gaillard 1899 Long-tailed mole
Talpa minuta Blainville 1840 mole
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Megacricetodon gregarius Schaub 1925 rodent
Cricetodon sansaniensis Lartet 1851 rodent
"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
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
Eomyops indet. Engesser 1979 rodent
Keramidomys carpathicus Schaub and Zapfe 1953 rodent
 Rodentia - Anomalomyidae
Anomalomys gaudryi Mein and Freudenthal 1971 rodent
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilus bredai ground squirrel
 Rodentia - Gliridae
 Primates - Pliopithecidae
Pliopithecus vindobonensis Zapfe and Hürzeler 1957 monkey
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Miniopterus fossilis Zapfe 1950 bend-winged bat
Paleptesicus priscus Zapfe 1950 vesper bat
 Chiroptera - Megadermatidae
Megaderma lugdunensis4 Depéret 1892 false vampire
this is a bat, not a whale!
 Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae
Rhinolophus delphinensis Gaillard 1899 horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus grivensis Depéret 1892 horseshoe bat
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Zygolophodon turicensis Schintz 1824 mastodon
 Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Prodeinotherium bavaricum von Meyer 1831 deinothere
Reptilia
 Squamata - Anguidae
Pseudopus sp.3 Merrem 1820 legless lizard
SNM PP 1393, parietal
 Squamata - Gekkonidae
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