Mátraszőlős 1, ochre diatomitic mud layer (Miocene to of Hungary)

Also known as M1/s, Matraszolos, Rákóczi chapel section

Where: Nograd, Hungary (48.0° N, 19.7° E: paleocoordinates 47.5° N, 19.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Sajovolgyi Formation, MN 6 to MN 6 (13.7 - 11.1 Ma)

• The succession which includes the two fossiliferous beds belongs to the Sajóvölgyi Formation. It rests upon Badenian Leitha Limestone and is overlain by Pleistocene talus sediments. Its age is determined as Upper Badenian (Neogene land mammal zones MN 6 to MN 7-8) based on gastropod and mammal biostratigraphy. The yellowish diatomaceous bed (Mátraszőlős 1/sárga réteg, M1/s) is the upper of the two fossiliferous beds.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; unlithified, diatomaceous, yellow mudstone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, original phosphate

Collected by Jánosz Hír et al. in 1998

• The site was discovered in spring 1998 and was excavated in summer of the same year. The excavation was conducted by the Municipal Museum of Pásztó and the entire material should be reposited there (at least the holotype of Gyraulus matraensis is).

Primary reference: E. Gál, J. Hír, E. Kessler, J. Kókay, L. Mészáros and M. Vencel. 1999. Középs & #337;-miocén & #337;smaradványok, a Mátrasz & #337;l & #337;s , Rákóczi-kápolna alatti útbevágásból. I. A Mátrasz & #337;l & #337;s 1. lel & #337;hely [Middle miocene fossils from the road cut below the Rákóczi chapel at Mátrasz & #337;l & #337;s. I. The site Mátrasz & #337;l & #337;s 1]. Folia Historico Naturalia Musei Matraensis 23:33-78 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/S. Bruning]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 167497: authorized by Johannes Mueller, entered by Torsten Liebrecht on 19.03.2015

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Taxonomic list

• The birds and rodents are dealt with in the reference without any statement from which of the two horizons the material comes. Hence, all birds and rodents are listed here but not among the material collected from the the green clay layer (PBDB coll. no. 167509).
unclassified
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Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Aciculidae
 Heterostropha - Planorbidae
Gyraulus matraensis n. sp. snail
Gyraulus trochiformis Stahl 1824 snail
ssp. kleini and aff. denudatus
Planorbarius cornu Brongniart 1810 snail
ssp. mantelli
Anisus hilgendorfi snail
ssp. subcarinata
 Heterostropha - Lymnaeidae
Radix socialis Zieten 1830 snail
ssp. regularis and dilatata
 Stylommatophora - Gastrocoptidae
"Gastrocopta (Sinalbulina) nouletiana" = Gastrocopta nouletiana
"Gastrocopta (Sinalbulina) nouletiana" = Gastrocopta nouletiana Dupuy 1850 slug
 Stylommatophora - Limacidae
 Stylommatophora - Zonitidae
Nesovitrea (Perpolita) boettgeriana Clessin 1877 true glass snail
 Stylommatophora - Clausiliidae
"Clausilia" sp. Draparnaud 1805 slug
 Stylommatophora - Helicidae
Cepaea sp. Held 1838 slug
 Stylommatophora - Ferussaciidae
Cecilioides aciculella Sandberger 1874 slug
Amphibia
 Salientia - Palaeobatrachidae
Palaeobatrachus sp. Tschudi 1839 frog
 Salientia - Ranidae
 Salientia - Hylidae
Hyla sp. Laurenti 1768 tree frog
 Salientia - Pelobatidae
Pelobates sp. Wagler 1830 spadefoot toad
 Salientia -
Latonia gigantea Lartet 1851 frog
 Caudata - Urodela
Triturus sp. Rafinesque 1815 newt
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Megacricetodon sp. Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
1 maxilla fragment bearing the M1 and M3, one isolated M1, and one isolated m1
Cricetodon sp. Lartet 1851 mouse
2 M2, 1 M3, 1 m2, and 1 m3
Eumyarion latior Schaub and Zapfe 1953 mouse
1 M2 and 1 m1
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Amphilagus fontannesi pika
5 P4-M1, 3 p4-m2, 1 upper incisivus
 Theriamorpha - Dimylidae
Chainodus sp. Ziegler 1990 placental
"new species"; 1 left upper M1 fragment, 1 mandibula fragment, 1 left upper P4 fragment, 1 right M2, 1 fragmentary right P4
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Schizogalerix anatolica Engesser 1980 hedgehog
1 mandibula fragment, 1 left lower M2 fragment, 1 upper molar fragment, 2 upper premolars, 1 humerus
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Dinosorex cf. zapfei Engesser 1975 shrew
1 right upper M1 fragment
Paenelimnoecus crouzeli Baudelot 1972 red-toothed shrew
1 mandibula fragment with 1st molar, 1 maxilla fragment with 4th premolar and 1st molar
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Desmanella sp. Engesser 1972 mole
"new species"; 1 left upper M1 and 1 right lower M1
Reptilia
 Squamata - Colubridae
Elaphe sp. Wagler 1833 colubrid snake
Coluber sp. Linnaeus 1758 racer
 Squamata - Lacertidae
Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758 squamates
 Squamata - Anguidae
Anguis sp. Linnaeus 1758 slow worm
Aves
 Aves -
 Charadriiformes -
Charadriiformes indet. Huxley 1867 shorebird
 Passeriformes -
Passeriformes "indet 1" Linnaeus 1758 perching bird
"Chloris-Pyrrhula-sized"
Passeriformes "indet 2" Linnaeus 1758 perching bird
"Parus-sized"
 Gruiformes - Rallidae
Rallidae indet. Vigors 1825 rail
Rallus sp. Linnaeus 1758 rail
Porzana aff. estramosi Jánossy 1979 rail
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Mergus sp. Linnaeus 1758 merganser
Clangula sp. Leach 1819 seaduck
 Suliformes - Anhingidae
aff. Anhinga sp. Brisson 1760 darter