Villany locality 3: Villanyian, Hungary

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Vormela petenyii Kretzoi 1942
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae
Bufo viridis Laurenti 1768
Reptilia
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Strigiformes - Strigidae
Bubo sp. Dumeril 1806
Surnia robusta Jánossy 1977
Reptilia - Phasianidae
Lyrurus cf. partium Kretzoi 1962
Francolinus subfrancolinus Jánossy 1976
synonym of Palaeocryptonyx donnezani
Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Aquila cf. chrysaetos (Linnaeus 1758)
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo lambrechti
Reptilia - Colubridae
Zamenis jugularis
Zamenis jugularis caspicus
Natrix natrix Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Lacertidae
Lacerta viridis (Laurenti 1768)
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae
Rhinolophus aff. ferrumequinum (Schreber 1774)
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Eptesicus praeglacialis Kormos 1930
Myotis steiningeri
Myotis schaubi
Myotis wuesti
Myotis wüsti
Myotis baranensis Kormos 1934
Vespertilio majori Kormos 1934
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Stephanorhinus etruscus (Falconer 1868)
Mammalia - Cervidae
Capreolus sp. Gray 1821
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
Tragospira cf. pannonica
Procamptoceras cf. brivatense
Procamptoceros
Hemitragus cf. bonali
Gazellospira cf. torticornis
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Felidae indet. Gray 1821
Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758
Panthera sp. Oken 1816
Leo cf. gombaszoegensis Kretzoi 1938
L. cf. gombaszögensis
    = Panthera cf. gombaszoegensis Kretzoi 1938
O'Regan 2003
Lynx lynx (Linnaeus 1758)
Lynx lynx strandi
Epimachairodus hungaricus
    = Homotherium hungaricus
O'Regan 2003
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Xenictis pilgrimi
Pannonictis pliocaenica Kormos 1931
Mustela palerminea
Baranogale beremendensis
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus cf. gombaszoegensis
Ursus gombaszögensis
Ursulus stehlini
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes praecorsac Kormos 1932
Alopex praeglacialis n. sp. Kormos 1932
1 specimen
Right mandible
Vulpes ? vulpes (Linnaeus 1758)
Canis mosbachensis Soergel 1925
Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758
Canis lupus ssp. indet.
Mammalia - Talpidae
Desmana nehringi Kormos 1913
Talpa minor Freudenberg 1914
Talpa fossilis Petenyi 1864
Mammalia - Soricidae
Sorex runtonensis Hinton 1911
Sorex minutus Linnaeus 1766
Petenyia hungarica Kormos 1934
Episoriculus gibberodon Petenyi 1864
Crocidura kornfeldi Kormos 1934
Beremendia fissidens (Petényi 1864)
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Erinaceus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Hypolagus beremendensis
Pliolagus beremendensis
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Dryomimus eliomyoides Kretzoi 1959
(not Eliomys sp.)
Glis sackdillingensis Heller 1930
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Citellus primigenius
synonym of Spermophilus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus sylvaticus (Linnaeus 1758)
original and current combination Mus sylvaticus
Apodemus alsomyoides
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Lagurodon sp. Kretzoi 1956
Mimomys fejervaryi
M. fejérváryi
Mimomys hungaricus
Mimomys petenyii
Mimomys pusillus
Mimomys aff. pliocaenicus (Forsyth Major 1889)
Myodes sebaldi
    = Clethrionomys sebaldi
Janossy 1986
synonym of Myodes
Kislangia rex
Rhinocricetus ehiki
R. éhiki
Prospalax priscus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Eomyidae
Estramomys simplex
Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Mammuthus" wuesti
"Mammuthus wüsti"
see common names

Geography
Country:Hungary State/province:Barany
Coordinates: 45.9° North, 18.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.8° North, 18.4° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Piacenzian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Villanyian
Age range of interval:3.10000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Villany 3 is the type locality of the Villanyian fauna, and is in the Upper Villanyian. Late Pliocene, MN17.
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: a 1m wide cleft running from east to west, infilled with red sediment cemented by secondary calcite formation.
Geology comments: 'The site is situated in the northern wall of the eastern end of the ridge quarry. A cleft, on the average 1m wide and lying in a direction east to west, cuts through the Lower Malm Oxfordian limestone, and is filled with red sediment cemented by secondary calcite formation.'
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: Kormos collected at this locality from the 1910s until 1939.
Taxonomic list comments:The faunal lists contain no quantitative data, and although collected layer-by-layer only one faunal list is given.
Metadata
Also known as:Villany-Kalkberg-Nord, Villány 3, Villány-Kalkberg-Nord
Database number:35369
Authorizer:A. Turner Enterer:H. O'Regan
Modifier:H. O'Regan Research group:PACED
Created:2003-12-08 04:10:27 Last modified:2003-12-08 06:12:17
Access level:the public Released:2003-12-08 04:10:27
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
9534.PACED 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]