Where: Borsodabaujzemplen, 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)
• Biharian, Middle/Late Lower Pleistocene, late Villafranchian. In the text it is dated to earlier than locality 2, on the evolutionary stage of Allophaiomys, but in the tables it is later. Both locality 2 and 8 date between 1.5-1.0Ma.
• 'This locality lied at the foot of the north-eastern wall of section XII of the quarry, about 50-60m north of Locality no. 2, in a portion of the quarry opened in November, 1970.'
Environment/lithology:
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk,
• Most of the cave was blasted in 1972 and then exploited.
Primary reference: D. Janossy. 1986. Pleistocene vertebrate faunas of Hungary. Developments in Palaeontology and Stratigraphy, 8. Elsevier, Amsterdam 1-208 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 35431: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 15.12.2003, edited by Bethany Allen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae | |
Celtis sp. Linnaeus 1753 hackberry | |
Amphibia | |
Anura indet. frog | |
Urodela indet. salamander | |
Reptilia | |
Ophidia indet. snake | |
Lacertilia indet. lizard | |
Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803 glass lizard | |
Aves | |
Hirundo cf. rustica Linnaeus 1758 barn swallow | |
Asio aff. flammeus Pontoppidan 1763 short-eared owl | |
Francolinus capeki Lambrecht 1933 francolin
Lyrurus partium Kretzoi 1962 pheasant | |
Mammalia | |
Hystrix major porcupine | |
"Citellus (Colobotis) sp." = Spermophilus
"Citellus (Colobotis) sp." = Spermophilus Cuvier 1825 ground squirrel | |
Sicista praeloriger Kormos 1930 birch mouse | |
"Apodemus cf. sylvaticus" = Mus sylvaticus
"Apodemus cf. sylvaticus" = Mus sylvaticus Linnaeus 1758 wood mouse | |
Allocricetus bursae, Lagurus arankae, Cricetus cricetus, Mimomys "newtoni", Mimomys pusillus, Mimomys sp., Lemmus sp., Allophaiomys pliocaenicus
Allocricetus bursae mouse | |
Glis cf. sackdillingensis Heller 1930 dormouse | |
"Hypolagus" "beremendensis" Dice 1917 rabbit | |
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Mustela aff. palerminea weasel | |
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Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758 deer Cervus s.l. 2 species. species 1 (Rusa group, 120 specimens), species 2 (Euctenoceros group, 2 specimens).
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"Dicerorhinus etruscus" = Stephanorhinus etruscus
"Dicerorhinus etruscus" = Stephanorhinus etruscus Falconer 1868 rhinoceros | |
Crocidura aff. obtusa, Crocidura aff. kornfeldi, Sorex cf. minutus, Sorex runtonensis, Petenyia hungarica, Drepanosorex margaritodon, Neomys sp., Soriculus sp., Beremendia fissidens
Crocidura aff. obtusa white-toothed shrew
Crocidura aff. kornfeldi Kormos 1934 white-toothed shrew
Sorex cf. minutus Linnaeus 1766 Eurasian pygmy shrew
Sorex runtonensis Hinton 1911 long-tailed shrew
Petenyia hungarica Kormos 1934 red-toothed shrew
Drepanosorex margaritodon red-toothed shrew
Neomys sp. Kaup 1829 water shrew
Beremendia fissidens Petényi 1864 shrew | |
Talpa fossilis Petenyi 1864 mole | |
Erinaceus ostramosi hedgehog | |
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Plecotus sp., Miniopterus sp., Myotis cf. gundersheimensis, Myotis cf. schaubi, Myotis sp., Myotis cf. daubentoni, Myotis cf. dasycneme
Plecotus sp. Geoffroy 1818 vesper bat
Miniopterus sp. Bonaparte 1837 bend-winged bat
Myotis cf. gundersheimensis vesper bat
Myotis cf. schaubi vesper bat
Myotis sp. Kaup 1829 vesper bat
Myotis cf. daubentoni Kuhl 1817 vesper bat
Myotis cf. dasycneme Boie 1825 vesper bat | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail |