Where: North Hungary, Hungary (48.5° N, 20.8° E: paleocoordinates 48.4° N, 20.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• "Based on micromammals, the age of the fauna may be defined as Lower Pliocene (MN 14) (KORDOS 1994; FEJFAR et al. 1998)" (Venczel, 2001).
Environment/lithology: fissure fill; calcareous breccia and limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected in 1970-1972
Collection methods: acetic,
• " [...] the excavation of the entire material took place between 1970-1972 (JÁNOSSY & KORDOS 1977). [...] The entire material is deposited in the Hungarian Natural History Museum [HNHM] in Budapest" (Venczel, 2001).
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Primary reference: M. Venczel. 2001. Anurans and squamates from the Lower Pliocene (MN 14) Osztramos 1 locality (Northern Hungary). Fragmenta Palaeontologica Hungarica 19:79-90 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 136067: authorized by Johannes Mueller, entered by Torsten Liebrecht on 16.11.2012, edited by Bethany Allen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Rhinolophus postdelphinensis n. sp.
Rhinolophus postdelphinensis n. sp. Topál 1979 horseshoe bat HNHM No.V.79.170 (holotype), left maxillary fragment with C, P2 and P4
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Reptilia | |
"Vipera cf. ammodytes" = Vipera (Vipera) ammodytes
"Vipera cf. ammodytes" = Vipera (Vipera) ammodytes Linnaeus 1758 sand viper 10 vertebrae (HNHM No.V.99.39)
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Coluber hungaricus, Elaphe sp., Elaphe praelongissima, Elaphe kormosi, Coronella cf. austriaca, Natrix longivertebrata
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Pseudopus pannonicus Kormos 1911 legless lizard 1 osteoderm, 1 frontal, 1 caudal vertebra (HNHM No.V.99.21)
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Amphibia | |
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Eopelobates sp. Parker 1929 spadefoot toad 1 fragm. maxilla, 4 vertebrae, 6 longbones (HNHM No.V.99.6)
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Bufo viridis Laurenti 1768 European green toad 2 fragmentary skulls, 1 urostyle, 1 ilium (HNHM No.V.99.11)
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Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758 frog 1 premaxilla, 1 scapula, 2 vertebrae + 1 urostyle, 7 ilia (HNHM No.V.99.13)
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