PBDB Collection

Bonanza site: Serravallian, Slovakia

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

unclassified

	Miliobatidae indet.	Sabol and Kovac 2006

	Osteichtyes indet.	Sabol and Kovac 2006
Amphibia - Temnospondyli

	Anura indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)	Sabol and Kovac 2006
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Pelobatidae

	Eopelobates sp. Parker 1929	Sabol and Kovac 2006

	Eopelobates bayeri Spinar 1952	Sabol and Kovac 2006
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae

	Bufo priscus	Sabol and Kovac 2006

	Bufo sp. Laurenti 1768	Sabol and Kovac 2006
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Hylidae

	Hyla sp. Laurenti 1768	Sabol and Kovac 2006
Amphibia - Temnospondyli

	Caudata indet. Scopoli 1777	Sabol and Kovac 2006
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela

	Salamandra sansaniensis Lartet 1851	Sabol and Kovac 2006
Reptilia - Serpentes

	Serpentes indet. Linnaeus 1758	Sabol and Kovac 2006
Reptilia - Colubridae

	Colubrinae indet. Oppel 1811	Sabol and Kovac 2006
	sp. D

	Neonatrix sp. Holman 1973	Sabol and Kovac 2006
Reptilia - Crotalidae

	Vipera sp. Laurenti 1768	Szyndlar and Rage 1999	2 elements
	"Vipera aspis complex"; remarks: Szyndlar (1991) reports two precaudals from "Devínska Nová Ves" (DFNSP 5855, 5857), but does not state whether they come from the Bonanza site or from Zapfe's fissures (see coll. 69711) or even from both
Reptilia - Anguidae

	Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803	Čerňanský and Klembara 2017	1 specimen
	SNM Z 15288, postcranial elements (vertebrae, left pelvic bones, osteoderms)
Mammalia

	Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758	Sabol and Kovac 2006
Mammalia - Chiroptera

	Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779
Mammalia - Insectivora

	Insectivora indet. Bowdich 1821
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae

	Zygolophodon luricensis

	Zygolophodon turicensis (Schintz 1824)	Sabol and Kovac 2006
Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae

	Phocidae indet. (Gray 1821)
	original and current combination Phocadae

	Devinophoca emryi n. sp. Koretsky and Rahmat 2015	Koretsky and Rahmat 2015	8 specimens

	Devinophoca claytoni n. gen., n. sp. Koretsky and Holec 2002	Koretsky and Holec 2002	1 specimen

	Pristiphoca vetusta (Zapfe 1937)
	nomen dubium belonging to Phocadae
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

	Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817	Sabol and Kovac 2006

	Trocharion albanense Forsyth-Major 1903
Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae

	Viverridae indet. Gray 1821	Sabol and Kovac 2006

	Viverrinae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Lagomerycidae

	Lagomeryx sp. Roger 1904	Sabol and Kovac 2006

	Lagomeryx parvulus Roger 1898
Mammalia

	Ungulata indet. Linnaeus 1766	Sabol and Kovac 2006
	synonym of Euungulata
Mammalia - Talpidae

	Talpidae indet. (Fischer de Waldheim 1817)

	Storchia meszaroshi	Sabol and Kovac 2006

	Talpa minuta Blainville 1840	Sabol and Kovac 2006
Mammalia - Soricidae

	Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814

	Dinosorex zapfei Engesser 1975

	Dinosorex cf. zapfei Engesser 1975	Sabol and Kovac 2006
Mammalia - Lipotyphla

	? Lipotyphla indet. Haeckel 1866	Sabol and Kovac 2006
	synonym of Eulipotyphla
Mammalia - Erinaceidae

	Erinaceidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817

	Lantanotherium aff. sansaniense	Sabol and Kovac 2006
Mammalia - Dimylidae

	Plesiodimylus chantrei Gaillard 1899
Mammalia - Rodentia

	Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821	Sabol and Kovac 2006

	Neocometes brunonis
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

	? Cricetidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817	Sabol and Kovac 2006

	Democricetodon sp. Fahlbusch 1964

	Democricetodon vindoboniensis Schaub and Zapfe 1953
	originally entered as "Democricetodon vindobonensis"

	Megacricetodon sp. (Fahlbusch 1964)

	? Megacricetodon sp. (Fahlbusch 1964)	Sabol and Kovac 2006

	Eumyarion sp. Thaler 1966
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae

	Gliridae indet. Muirhead 1819

	Bransatoglis astarancensis	Sabol and Kovac 2006

	Bransatoglis astaracensis (Baudelot 1970)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

	Sciuridae indet. Gray 1821

	Spermophilus bredai

	Spermophilinus bredai (von Meyer 1848)	Sabol and Kovac 2006
Mammalia - Rodentia - Eomyidae

	? Eomyidae indet. Winge 1887	Sabol and Kovac 2006

	Eomyops sp. Engesser 1979
Actinopteri - Acanthopteri - Sphyraenidae

	? Sphyraena sp. Artedi 1793	Sabol and Kovac 2006
Actinopteri - Scorpaeniformes - Triglidae

	Triglidae indet.	Sabol and Kovac 2006

	Trigla sp. Linnaeus 1758	Sabol and Kovac 2006
Actinopteri - Labriformes - Labridae

	Labridae indet. (Cuvier 1816)	Sabol and Kovac 2006
Actinopteri - Perciformes

	Perciformes indet. Bleeker 1859	Sabol and Kovac 2006

	Percoidei indet. (Bleeker 1859)	Sabol and Kovac 2006
Actinopteri - Perciformes - Serranidae

	Serranidae indet. Swainson 1839	Sabol and Kovac 2006

	Serranus sp. Cuvier 1817	Sabol and Kovac 2006

	Epinephelus sp. Bloch 1793	Sabol and Kovac 2006
Actinopteri - Acanthuriformes - Acanthuridae

	Acanthuridae indet.	Sabol and Kovac 2006
Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Tetraodontidae

	Tetraodontidae indet.	Sabol and Kovac 2006
Actinopteri - Centropomidae

	Lates sp. Cuvier 1828	Sabol and Kovac 2006
Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Trichiuridae

	Trichiurus miocaenicus	Sabol and Kovac 2006

	Trichiurus sp. Linnaeus 1758	Sabol and Kovac 2006
Actinopteri - Holocentriformes - Holocentridae

	Holocentridae indet. Richardson 1846	Sabol and Kovac 2006

	Holocentrus sp. Gronovius 1763	Sabol and Kovac 2006
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae

	Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810	Sabol and Kovac 2006
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Aetobatidae

	Aetobatis arcuatus Agassiz 1843	Sabol and Kovac 2006
	synonym of Aetobatus irregularis
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rajidae

	Rajidae indet. Blainville 1816	Sabol and Kovac 2006
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae

	Negaprion eurybatrodon	Sabol and Kovac 2006
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae

	Carcharias cuspidatus (Agassiz 1843)	Sabol and Kovac 2006
	recombined as Araloselachus cuspidatus
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae

	Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810	Sabol and Kovac 2006
Gastropoda

	Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795	Sabol and Kovac 2006
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

	Chlamys fasiculata	Sabol and Kovac 2006

	Pecten aduncus Eichwald 1830	Sabol and Kovac 2006
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

	Ostrea cf. digitalina (Eichwald 1830)	Sabol and Kovac 2006
	recombined as Cubitostrea digitalina
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

	Loripes cf. dentatus	Sabol and Kovac 2006
see common names

Geography

Country:	Slovakia	State/province:	Bratislava	County:	Bratislava IV
Coordinates:	48.2° North, 18.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	47.7° North, 17.6° East
Basis of coordinate:	stated in text
Geographic resolution:	small collection

Time

Period:	Neogene	Epoch:	Miocene
Stage:	Serravallian	10 m.y. bin:	Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:	Serravallian	Mammal zone:	MN 6
Age range of interval:	13.82000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago

Stratigraphy

Geological group:	Baden	Member:	Sandberg
Stratigraphic resolution:	member
Stratigraphy comments: Badenian, MN6b

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	micaceous,quartzose sandstone
Secondary lithology:	calcareous sandstone
Includes fossils?	Y
Lithology description: broad karstic fissure in Lower Jurassic limestones, filled with sandstones, calcarenites and limestone boulders
Environment:	marine indet.

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:	macrofossils

Collection methods and comments

Collection methods:	surface (in situ),field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:	taxonomic analysis

Metadata

Also known as:	Stockerau limestone quarry, Devínska Nová Ves [= Neudorf a. d. March]
Database number:	58983
Authorizer:	M. Uhen, J. Mueller	Enterer:	M. Uhen, T. Liebrecht
Modifier:	M. Uhen	Research group:	vertebrate
Created:	2006-03-03 09:42:54	Last modified:	2013-07-15 10:39:24
Access level:	the public	Released:	2006-03-03 09:42:54
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

23390.

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]

Secondary references:

67884		A. Čerňanský and J. Klembara. 2017. A skeleton of Ophisaurus (Squamata: Anguidae) from the middle Miocene of Germany, with a revision of the partly articulated postcranial material from Slovakia using micro-computed tomography. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1333515 [T. Cleary/T. Cleary/T. Cleary]
47582		D. P. Domning and P. Pervesler. 2012. The sirenian Metaxytherium (Mammalia: Dugongidae) in the Badenian (Middle Miocene) of Central Europe. Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences 105(3):125-160 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
16732		I. A. Koretsky and P. Holec. 2002. A primitive seal (Mammalia: Phocidae) from the early middle Miocene of central Paratethys. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 93:163-178 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
58882		I. A. Koretsky and S. J. Rahmat. 2015. A new species of the Subfamily Devinophocinae (Carnivora, Phocidae) from the Central Paratethys. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 121(1):31-47 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
58881		S. J. Rahmat and I. Koretsky. 2016. First record of postcranial bones in Devinophoca emryi (Carnivora, Phocidae, Devinophocinae). Vestnik zoologii 50(1):71-84 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
23644		M. Sabol and M. Kovac. 2006. Badenian palaeoenvironment, faunal succesion and biostratigraphy: A case study from Northern Vienna Basin, Devinska Nova Ves-Bonanza site (Western Carpathians, Slovakia). Beitrage zur Palaontologie 30:415-425 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
43743		Z. Szyndlar. 1991. A Review of Neogene and Quaternary Snakes of Central and Eastern Europe. Part II: Natricinae, Elapidae, Viperidae. Estudios Geológicos 47(3-4):237-266 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht]
43699		Z. Szyndlar and J.-C. Rage. 1999. Oldest Fossil Vipers (Serpentes: Viperidae) from the Old World. Kaupia - Darmstädter Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte 8:9-20 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht]