Osztramos locality 2: Early/Lower Pleistocene, Hungary

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Ophidia
Ophidia indet. Latreille 1804
Reptilia - Lacertidae
Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Otidiformes - Otididae
Otis cf. lambrechti Kretzoi 1941
Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Circus aff. cyaneus (Linnaeus 1766)
Circus sp. (aff. cyaneus)
Reptilia - Phasianidae
Lyrurus cf. partium Kretzoi 1962
Francolinus capeki Lambrecht 1933
Mammalia - Chiroptera
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Citellus (Colobotis) sp. Oken 1816
synonym of Spermophilus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae
Sicista praeloriger Kormos 1930
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Spalax cf. advenus
Apodemus sylvaticus (Linnaeus 1758)
original and current combination Mus sylvaticus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Myodes cf. glareolus (Schreber 1780)
    = Clethrionomys cf. glareolus
Janossy 1986
synonym of Myodes
Lemmus sp. Link 1795
Mimomys pusillus
Mimomys pusillus group
Allophaiomys cf. pliocaenicus Kormos 1932
Ungaromys sp. Kormos 1932
Lagurus cf. arankae
Cricetus cricetus (Linnaeus 1758)
Cricetus cricetus nanus
Pliomys episcopalis
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Muscardinus cf. dacicus Kormos 1930
Glis cf. sackdillingensis Heller 1930
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
"Hypolagus beremendensis"
abundant
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Ochotona sp. Link 1795
Mammalia - Talpidae
Talpa cf. fossilis Petenyi 1864
Mammalia - Soricidae
Crocidura aff. kornfeldi Kormos 1934
Beremendia fissidens (Petényi 1864)
Sorex runtonensis Hinton 1911
Sorex cf. margaritodon Kormos 1930
Petenyia hungarica Kormos 1934
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus aff. etruscus Cuvier 1823
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustela aff. palerminea
Putorius sp. Cuvier 1817
spelled with current rank as Mustela (Putorius)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758
size of silvestris
Lynx sp. Kerr 1792
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758
smaller than wolf.
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
small
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758
2 species of Cervus s.l. - I = size of Rusa, 2 = Alces group.
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
heavily built, sporadic finds, from another locality?
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinoceros sp. Linnaeus 1758
Rhinoceros s. l. sp.
see common names

Geography
Country:Hungary State/province:Borsodabaujzemplen
Coordinates: 48.5° North, 20.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.4° North, 20.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:320 meters
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Early/Lower Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Middle/Late Lower Pleistocene, similar age to Locality 8, between 1.5 and 1.0Ma.
Locality 2 consisted of the filling of an enormous cave in the eastern portion of section XII of the quarry, 320 a.s.l. 'The profile of cave, filled entirely with red clay, was 20m long by 14m high at discovery. About 2.5-3.5m above the basement, two layers sloping towards the north were found to contain extreme accumulations of bones which we fully exploited and sedimented.'
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: 'red clay.'
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: The cave in question was opened in 1965 and totally blasted in 1969.
Taxonomic list comments:The faunal list is from the lower layer, the few large mammal finds were from mixed, waste rock material.
Metadata
Database number:35428
Authorizer:A. Turner Enterer:H. O'Regan
Modifier:H. O'Regan Research group:PACED
Created:2003-12-12 06:56:16 Last modified:2003-12-16 06:18:38
Access level:the public Released:2003-12-12 06:56:16
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]