Also known as Osztramos 7, Osztramos Hill
Where: Borsodabaujzemplen, Hungary (48.5° N, 20.8° E: paleocoordinates 48.4° N, 20.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Villanyian (3.2 - 2.6 Ma)
• Mid Pliocene, MN16, Villafranchian.
Environment/lithology: fissure fill
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk,
• Although layers were observed in the deposits, 'commercial quarrying and the narrow width of the cleft' meant that collection by layer was not possible. It was excavated from1955 to 1975.
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 35358: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 05.12.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae | |
Celtis sp. Linnaeus 1753 hackberry | |
Amphibia | |
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Mammalia | |
Desmana sp. Guldenstaedt 1777 Russian desman
Talpa sp. Linnaeus 1758 mole | |
Blarinoides mariae, Petenyia hungarica, Episoriculus gibberodon, Beremendia fissidens, Petenyiella cf. gracilis
Blarinoides mariae Sulimski 1959 red-toothed shrew
Petenyia hungarica Kormos 1934 red-toothed shrew
Episoriculus gibberodon Petenyi 1864 red-toothed shrew
Beremendia fissidens Petényi 1864 shrew
Petenyiella cf. gracilis shrew | |
Felis cf. lunensis Martelli 1906 cat | |
Vulpes sp. Frisch 1775 fox
Canis aff. arnensis Del Campana 1913 canine | |
"Ursus cf. minimus" = Euarctos minimus
"Ursus cf. minimus" = Euarctos minimus Devéze and Bouillet 1827 bear | |
aff. Pannonictis janossyi mustelid carnivore
Mustela aff. plioerminea weasel
Putorius stromeri Kormos 1934 polecat
Mustela cf. praenivalis Kormos 1934 weasel | |
Equus "robustus" Linnaeus 1758 horse | |
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"cf. Cervus philisi" = Metacervocerus philisi, ? Cervodama pontoborealis
"cf. Cervus philisi" = Metacervocerus philisi Mennecart et al. 2017 deer Cervus s. l. sp. II (= cf. Cervus philisi)
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Estramomys simplex rodent | |
Hystrix cf. major porcupine | |
"Glirulus pusillus" = Amphidyromys pusillus Heller 1936 Japanese dormouse
Glis minor Kowalski 1963 dormouse
Muscardinus sp. Kaup 1829 dormouse
Dryomimus eliomyoides Kretzoi 1959 dormouse | |
Pliopetaurista dehneli squirrel
Pliopetes hungaricus squirrel | |
Prospalax priscus, Germanomys cf. weileri, Baranomys loczyi, Lemmus sp., "Mimomys stehlini" = Mimomys, "Mimomys sp." = Mimomys, "Cseria sp." = Mimomys, Cricetinus sp.
Prospalax priscus mouse
Germanomys cf. weileri mouse
Baranomys loczyi mouse
"Mimomys stehlini" = Mimomys vole
"Mimomys sp." = Mimomys Forsyth-Major 1902 vole Mimomys sp. div (incl. Cseria sp (listed seperately))
"Cseria sp." = Mimomys Forsyth-Major 1902 vole | |
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Sminthozapus janossyi jumping mouse | |
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779 bat | |
Aves | |
Athene veta Janossy 1974 true owl
Bubo sp. Dumeril 1806 eagle-owl
Surnia robusta Jánossy 1977 northern hawk owl | |
Passeriformes indet. Linnaeus 1758 perching bird | |
Tetrao cf. conjugens Jánossy 1974 pheasant
Francolinus minor francolin | |
Reptilia | |
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