Budakalasz: Pleistocene, Hungary
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus antiquus
Desmarest 1822
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervus cf. acoronatus
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Dicerorhinus aff. etruscus
(Falconer 1868)
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8 specimens | |||||||||
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= Stephanorhinus aff. etruscus
Falconer 1868
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O'Regan 2003 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus stenonis
Cocchi 1867
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Allohippus stenonis | ||||||||||
| E. stenonis Cocchi f. typica | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Hungary | State/province: | Fejer |
| Coordinates: | 47.6° North, 19.1° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 47.6° North, 19.0° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Altitude: | 195 meters |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Middle Plesitocene, Biharian. |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lime mudstone |
| Lithology description: 'loose layers of lime mud' | |
| Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Site reported by Soproni of the Szentendre Museum and excavated by Janossy in 1952. 'No attempts were made to collect microfauna remains at Budakalasz, and the site was subsequently demolished by quarrying.' | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Only the second finding of Hippoptamus in the Carpathian basin (the other was at Uromhegy). Both sites are thought to be of the same age. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Budakalász | ||
| Database number: | 35475 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
| Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2003-12-17 08:15:04 | Last modified: | 2003-12-17 10:17:43 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-12-17 08:15:04 |
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 9580 | PACED | H. J. O'Regan. 2003. Reidentifications and synonomies of European mammals. [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/M. Uhen] |