Hajnacka I/2: Villanyian, Slovakia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
cf. Parasilurus sp.
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Anura indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae
Rana cf. arvalis
Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758
Rana cf. ex. gr. dalmatina-latastei
Rana cf. temporaria Linnaeus 1758
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae
Bufo bufo (Linnaeus 1758)
original and current combination Rana bufo
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Palaeobatrachidae
Pliobatrachus sp. Fejérváry 1917
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Mergus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Colubridae
Natrix natrix Linnaeus 1758
Cernansky 2011 1 element
1 isolated vertebra (SNMB Z 27164); note: this specimen is not assigned to a particular sublocality or horizon in the reference and may come from elsewhere whithin the Hajnáčka locality but is arbitrarlily placed here because of presence of many other "herps"
Reptilia
Testudinata indet. (Oppel 1811)
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Emys orbicularis (Linnaeus 1758)
Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae
Geoemyda cf. mossoczyi Mlynarski 1964
Danilov et al. 2012
a nuchal and right hypoplastron
Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydra aff. decheni Meyer 1852
    = Chelydropsis sp. Peters 1868
Danilov et al. 2012
    = Chelydropsis sp. Peters 1868
Joyce 2016
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mammut borsoni (Hays 1834)
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Anancus arvernensis (Croizet and Jobert 1828)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Lutra cf. bravardi Pomel 1843
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ailuridae
Parailurus hungaricus Kormos 1935
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Megantereon ? sp. Croizet and Jobert 1828
Megantereon (?) sp. indet.
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821
Dicerorhinus jeanvireti Guérin 1972
recombined as Stephanorhinus jeanvireti
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus arvernensis Croizet and Jobert 1828
Mammalia - Suidae
Sus minor
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821
Cervus perrieri - Arvernoceros ardei Formenkreis
Cervus pardinensis Croizet and Jobert 1828
recombined as Metacervocerus pardinensis
Croizetoceros ramosus (Croizet and Jobert 1828)
Capreolus sp. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Talpidae
Desmana nehringi Kormos 1913
Mammalia - Soricidae
Beremendia fissidens (Petényi 1864)
Petenyia hungarica Kormos 1934
Blarinoides mariae Sulimski 1959
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Hypolagus brachygnathus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Prospalax priscus
Mimomys (Cseria) stehlini
Mimomys (Mimomys) hajnackensis
Baranomys loczyi
Germanomys sp. Heller 1936
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus sp. Kaup 1829
Mammalia - Rodentia - Seleviniidae
Seleviniidae ? indet. Bashanov and Belosludov 1939
Seleviniidae (?) sp. indet.
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Pliopetaurista pliocaenica
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor fiber Linnaeus 1758
Castor fiber ssp.
Trogontherium minus
Pisces
Pisces indet. Linnaeus 1758
synonym of Osteichthyes
Actinopteri - Esociformes - Esocidae
Esox sp. Linnaeus 1758
Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Scardinius ? erythrophthalmus
Tinca furcata (Agassiz 1832)
see common names

Geography
Country:Slovakia
Coordinates: 48.3° North, 19.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.2° North, 19.7° 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: Gauss epoch, Late Pliocene, MN16, Villanyian. There are two localities - Hajnacka I and II, one to the north and one to the south of Hajnacka village. This is the one to the south.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: tuff
Lithology description: Hajnacka I/2 is in one of three tuff layers. The micromammal remains were in a small lens amongst the mastodon bones.
Environment:lacustrine indet.
Geology comments: 'The fossils are found in limnic basin fillings with pyroclastic intercalations (tuffs, tuffite, lapilli, agglomerates).'
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: This material is in the Geologischen Instituts, Prague.
Metadata
Also known as:Hajnácka 1, level 2
Database number:41026
Authorizer:A. Turner, E. Vlachos, J. Mueller, P. Mannion Enterer:H. O'Regan, T. Liebrecht, P. Mannion, E. Vlachos
Modifier:H. O'Regan Research group:PACED
Created:2004-07-06 03:58:37 Last modified:2004-07-06 08:57:36
Access level:the public Released:2004-07-06 03:58:37
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
11054.PACED O. Fejfar, W.-D. Heinrich, and E. Heintz. 1990. Neues aus dem Villafranchium von Hajnacka bei Filakovo (Slowakei, cssr). Quartärpaläontologie 8:47-70 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

43574 A. Cernansky. 2011. New finds of the Neogene lizard and snake fauna (Squamata: Lacertilia; Serpentes) from the Slovak Republic. Biologia 66(5):899-911 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht]
65670 I. Danilov, A. Cernansky, E. V. Syromyatnikova and P. Joniak. 2012. Fossil turtles of Slovakia: New material and a review of the previous record. Amphibia-Reptilia 33:423-442 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]
62897 W. G. Joyce. 2016. A Review of the Fossil Record of Turtles of the Clade Pan-Chelydridae. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 57(1):21-56 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Mannion]