Also known as Villány 8, level 10
Where: Barany, Hungary (45.9° N, 18.5° E: paleocoordinates 45.8° N, 18.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
• Biharian, Middle Pleistocene. The cave was opened from one side during quarrying and Kretzoi and his co-workers, including the author (Janossy) in 1953 and 1955, removed material in 12 layers. The series, starting from the bottom, begins with reddish clay with large calcite deposits, and in the upper layers is composed of limy loess formations.'
Environment/lithology:
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk,
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 35464: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 16.12.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Amphibia | |
Pelobates cf. fuscus Laurenti 1768 Common Eurasian spadefoot toad this may also include Bufo sp. and Bombina sp.
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Mammalia | |
"Citellus primigenius" = Spermophilus
"Citellus primigenius" = Spermophilus ground squirrel | |
Sicista praeloriger Kormos 1930 birch mouse | |
Spalax advenus blind mole | |
Pliomys episcopalis, Cricetus praeglacialis, Lagurodon pannonicus, Arvicola cantiana, "Microtus arvalinus" = Microtus, "Microtus nivalinus" = Microtus, "Microtus ratticepoides" = Microtus, "Microtus cf. gregalis" = Microtus, "Pitymys arvalidens" = Microtus, "Pitymys hintoni" = Microtus, Mimomys savini, "Clethrionomys cf. glareolus" = Myodes, Allocricetus bursae
Pliomys episcopalis mouse
Cricetus praeglacialis mouse
Lagurodon pannonicus mouse
Arvicola cantiana vole
"Microtus arvalinus" = Microtus vole
"Microtus ratticepoides" = Microtus vole
"Microtus cf. gregalis" = Microtus vole
"Pitymys arvalidens" = Microtus vole
Mimomys savini vole
"Clethrionomys cf. glareolus" = Myodes vole
Allocricetus bursae mouse | |
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit | |
Beremendia fissidens, Sorex cf. minutus, Sorex runtonensis, Drepanosorex margaritodon, "Suncus" "hungaricus"
Beremendia fissidens Petényi 1864 shrew
Sorex cf. minutus Linnaeus 1766 Eurasian pygmy shrew
Sorex runtonensis Hinton 1911 long-tailed shrew
Drepanosorex margaritodon red-toothed shrew
"Suncus" "hungaricus" Ehrenberg 1832 white-toothed shrew | |
Talpa fossilis Petenyi 1864 mole
Talpa minor Freudenberg 1914 mole | |
Mustela palerminea weasel | |
Reptilia | |
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Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758 squamates | |
Aves | |
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird |