PBDB Collection

Nagyharsanyhegy locality 4 (Pleistocene of Hungary)

Also known as Nagyharsányhegy 4

Where: Barany, Hungary (45.8° N, 18.4° E: paleocoordinates 45.8° N, 18.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• Biharian, Late Lower Pleistocene. 'Kretzoi employed the designation no. 4 for those sites in the eastern wall of the eastern quarry of the hill which Kormos described as hollows filled with brown sediment.'

Environment/lithology:

• 'The southern slope and the ridge are very strongly karstic, and the hill is composed of very steep, in places almost vertical Mesozoic formations. The first of these are Anisian dolomite in the north, which is followed by Callovian Cornbrash limestone (according to recent studies: Pliensbachian (Lower Jurassic) and then Callovian layers), then Lower and Upper Malm limestone, then a sediment hiatus in which a bauxite formation is intercalated; finally, Lower Cretaceous rocks on the southern slope of the hill. Here and there red clay containing bone remains fills the vertical clefs of the system of faults marring the hill.' (originally in German in Kretzoi (1956) translated into English by Janossy (1986).

• 'hollows filled with brown sediment'

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: 'the literature contains a series of mistakes concerning this locality, and some of the previous lists certainly do not represent similar aged material.' The locality was subsequently demolished by quarrying.

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 35442: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 15.12.2003

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Taxonomic list

• This list 'incorporates corrections made by Kormos and Kretzoi.'

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Mammalia
Lagomorpha - Leporidae	Lagotherium beremendensis, Lepus terraerubrae Lagotherium beremendensis rabbit Lepus terraerubrae hare
Rodentia - Zapodidae	Sicista praeloriger Sicista praeloriger Kormos 1930 birch mouse
Rodentia - Muridae	"Apodemus cf. sylvaticus" = Mus sylvaticus "Apodemus cf. sylvaticus" = Mus sylvaticus Linnaeus 1758 wood mouse
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Cricetus cf. praeglacialis, Cricetus cricetus, Cricetulus sp., "Microtus arvalinus" = Microtus, "Microtus nivalinus" = Microtus, "Microtus nivaloides" = Microtus, "Microtus ratticepoides" = Microtus, "Microtus sp." = Microtus, "Pitymys gregaloides" = Microtus, "Pitymys arvalidens" = Microtus, Arvicola aff. bactonensis, "Clethrionomys hintoni" = Myodes, Mimomys intermedius, Lagurus pannonicus, Pliomys episcopalis Cricetus cf. praeglacialis mouse Cricetus cricetus Linnaeus 1758 European hamster 2 subspecies - C.c. praeglacialis and C.c. runtonensis Cricetulus sp. Milne-Edwards 1867 mouse "Microtus arvalinus" = Microtus vole "Microtus nivalinus" = Microtus vole "Microtus nivaloides" = Microtus vole "Microtus ratticepoides" = Microtus vole "Microtus sp." = Microtus Schrank 1798 vole nivalis group "Pitymys gregaloides" = Microtus vole "Pitymys arvalidens" = Microtus vole Arvicola aff. bactonensis vole "Clethrionomys hintoni" = Myodes vole Mimomys intermedius vole Lagurus pannonicus Kormos 1930 mouse Pliomys episcopalis mouse
Rodentia - Sciuridae	"Citellus primigenius" = Spermophilus "Citellus primigenius" = Spermophilus ground squirrel
Carnivora - Canidae	Vulpes praeglacialis, Vulpes praecorsac n. sp., Vulpes cf. vulpes, Canis (? Thos) sp., Canis lupus Vulpes praeglacialis Kormos 1932 fox Vulpes praecorsac n. sp. Kormos 1932 fox Left mandibular fragment Vulpes cf. vulpes Linnaeus 1758 red fox Canis (? Thos) sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758 gray wolf ssp. indet.
Carnivora - Mustelidae	? Xenictis pilgrimi, Mustela palerminea, Mustela praenivalis ? Xenictis pilgrimi mustelid carnivore Mustela palerminea weasel Mustela praenivalis Kormos 1934 weasel
Carnivora - Ursidae	Ursus cf. gombaszoegensis Ursus cf. gombaszoegensis bear
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Equus marxi Equus marxi horse
Artiodactyla - Cervidae	Cervus sp. Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758 deer Cervus s.l. sp., large species
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Bovidae indet., Gazellospira aff. torticornis, Procamptoceras cf. brivatense Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope Gazellospira aff. torticornis antelope Procamptoceras cf. brivatense antelope
Theriamorpha - Talpidae	Talpa fossilis, Talpa minor Talpa fossilis Petenyi 1864 mole Talpa minor Freudenberg 1914 mole
Theriamorpha - Soricidae	Beremendia fissidens, Crocidura obtusa, Drepanosorex margaritodon, Sorex runtonensis Beremendia fissidens Petényi 1864 shrew Crocidura obtusa white-toothed shrew Drepanosorex margaritodon red-toothed shrew Sorex runtonensis Hinton 1911 long-tailed shrew
Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae	Myotis wuesti, Myotis dasycneme, Myotis emarginatus Myotis wuesti vesper bat Myotis wüsti Myotis dasycneme Boie 1825 vesper bat Myotis emarginatus Geoffroy 1806 vesper bat