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- Title
Albanerpetontidae from the late Pliocene (MN 16A) Csarnóta 3 locality (Villány Hills, South Hungary) in the collection of the Hungarian Natural History Museum.
- Authors
SZENTESI, Zoltán; PAZONYI, Piroska; MÉSZÁROS, Lukács
- Abstract
Based on cranial and jaw elements, the presence of Albanerpeton pannonicum species (Allocaudata: Albanerpetontidae) was noticed from the late Pliocene Csarnóta 3 locality (Villány Hills). Since it is considered a poor fossil site, it had not been sufficiently studied. These fossils represent the geologically youngest record of the species from Hungary. Though, the Csarnóta 3 albanerpetontid assemblage is small the bones are well preserved, and all are informative on species or at least on genus level. The red coloured bone-bearing deposits and the preservation quality of bones are very similar to the uppermost strata (4–1) of the Csarnóta 2 palaeovertebrate locality. The study of small mammal fauna also suggests this correlation, as well as explains the age of the site. The studied vertebrate fauna forms a transition between the woodland and steppe wildlife.
- Subjects
VILLANYI Mountains (Hungary); FOSSIL salamanders; AMPHIBIAN ecology; PLIOCENE paleontology; SPECIES distribution; TAPHONOMY; FOSSIL amphibia
- Publication
Fragmenta Palaeontologica Hungarica, 2015, Vol 32, p49
- ISSN
1586-930X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.17111/FragmPalHung.2015.32.49