Máriahalom: Aquitanian, Hungary

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
? Anseriformes indet.
Kocsis et al. 2023
Mammalia - Sirenia
Sirenia indet. (Illiger 1811)
Kocsis et al. 2023
Mammalia - Anthracotheriidae
Microbunodon minimum Lihoreau et al. 2004
Kocsis et al. 2023
Mammalia - Carnivora
Potamotherium valletoni
Rabi et al. 2018
MTM VER 2016.3616-3618
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Pachycynodon boriei Filhol 1876
Rabi et al. 2018
MTM VER 2016.3619 and 3620
Mammalia - Carnivora
Mustelida informal gen. et sp. indet. 1
Rabi et al. 2018
MTM VER 2016.3621; cf. Amphictis or Franconictis
Mustelida informal gen. et sp. indet. 2
Rabi et al. 2018
MTM VER 2016.3622
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ailuridae
Amphictis sp. Pomel 1853
Kocsis et al. 2023
or Franconictis sp.
Reptilia - Testudines
Testudinoidea indet. Gray 1825
Kocsis et al. 2023
Trionychoidea indet. Fitzinger 1826
Kocsis et al. 2023
Reptilia
cf. Diplocynodon sp. Pomel 1847
Kocsis et al. 2023
Reptilia - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Praecarbo strigoniensis n. gen., n. sp. Kessler and Horváth 2023
Kessler and Horváth 2023
Actinopteri - Acanthopteri - Sphyraenidae
Sphyraena sp. Artedi 1793
Actinopteri - Spariformes - Sparidae
Sparidae indet. (Cuvier 1817)
Actinopteri - Moronidae
aff. Morone sp. Mitchill 1814
Actinopteri - Acanthuriformes - Sciaenidae
Sciaena sp. Linnaeus 1758
Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Palaeorhynchidae
Aglyptorhynchus sp. Casier 1966
Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Trichiuridae
Trichiuridae indet.
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes
Myliobatiformes indet. Compagno 1973
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816
Aetomylaeus sp. Garman 1908
Rhinoptera cf. studeri (Agassiz 1843)
Rhinoptera cf. schultzi Hiden 1995
Chondrichthyes - Squatinidae
Squatina sp. Dumeril 1806
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspididae indet. Müller and Henle 1839
Araloselachus cuspidatus (Agassiz 1843)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Carcharoides catticus (Philippi 1846)
Cosmopolitodus sp. Glükman 1964
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias cf. acutissima (Agassiz 1843)
recombined as Carcharias acutissimus
Carcharias gustrowensis (Winkler 1875)
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinidae indet. Jordan and Evermann 1896
Carcharhinus elongatus (Leriche 1910)
see common names

Geography
Country:Hungary State/province:Esztergom County:Komárom-Esztergom
Coordinates: 47.6° North, 18.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.3° North, 17.8° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Aquitanian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Aquitanian
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 20.44000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Törökbálint Member:Mányi
Stratigraphy comments: originally Rupelian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:lagoonal
Geology comments: The Törökbálint Formation includes deposits from different palaeoenvironments including brackish to normal marine conditions (Korpás 1981; Nagymarosy 2012). The Mány Member, with a predominantly brackish mollusc community (e.g. Pirenella, Polymesoda, Potamides, Brotia; Báldi and Cságoly 1975), represents a transition between alluvial and normal marine conditions and is interpreted as a product of lagoonal environments (Báldi 1967; Nagymarosy and Gyalog 1997; Nagymarosy 2012).
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:186636
Authorizer:M. Uhen, P. Mannion Enterer:M. Uhen, P. Mannion
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2017-06-28 12:37:40 Last modified:2024-02-08 15:45:40
Access level:the public Released:2017-06-28 12:37:40
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

62585. M. Szabo, G. Botfalvai, L. Kocsis, G. Carnevale, O. Sztano, Z. Evanics, and M. Rabi. 2017. Upper Oligocene marine fishes from nearshore deposits of the Central Paratethys (Máriahalom, Hungary). Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

86081 J. Kessler and I. Horváth. 2023. Praecarbo strigoniensis, a new genus and species of Cormorants (Phalacrocoracinae) from the Late Oligocene of Hungary. Ornis Hungarica 31(1):126-132 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
87510 L. Kocsis, M. Rabi, A. Ulianov, A. Cipriani, I. M. Farkas and G. Botfalvai. 2023. Geochemical investigation of the mixed Máriahalom vertebrate fauna at the Paleogene– Neogene boundary in the Central Paratethys: environmental conditions and age constrain. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 142(17):1-21 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
67175 M. Rabi, K. Bastl, G. Botfalvai, Z. Evanics, and S. Peigné. 2018. A new carnivoran fauna from the late Oligocene of Hungary. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 98(3):509-521 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]