Pleistocene Vertebrate Faunas of Hungary (eBook)

D. Janossy (Autor)

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2011 | 1. Auflage
206 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-08-086849-3 (ISBN)

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The last two decades have seen a spectacular renewal of interest in the study of Pleistocene vertebrates. This is especially true in the case of fine stratigraphy based on microvertebrates. Hungary's natural endowments as well as the development of science in the country, have made continuous research in this area possible since the last century.

The literature amassed during the last fifty years is so scattered and difficult to retrieve that there has been a great need for a comprehensive treatise in this field. Recent decades have seen work in a series of important new localities, with new systematic-stratigraphic results. This Hungarian work is outstanding in Europe for its quantity and completeness. It is clear that a handbook would have to be both comprehensive and analytical. This volume aims to be just that, in so far as it describes all animal assemblages of the Hungarian Pleistocene deposits, with complete faunistic lists and with detailed explanation of the stratigraphical arrangements. The value of this book is enhanced by a series of chronological tables for various localities, several sketches, pictures of localities, as well as indexes of localities and species.

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
Pleistocene Vertebrate Faunas of Hungary 4
Copyright Page 5
CONTENTS 6
PREFACE 8
CHAPTER 1. CHARACTERISTIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF THE PLEISTOCENE OF HUNGARY 10
The filling of basins 10
Freshwater limestone 15
Karstic forms 17
CHAPTER 2. VERTEBRATE FAUNAS OF THE LOWER PLEISTOCENE OF HUNGARY 19
Boundary faunas between the Pliocene and the Pleistocene (Csarnóta substage) 20
Vertebrate faunas of the Lower Pleistocene sensu stricto (Beremend and Upper Villány substages) 28
Vertebrate faunas of the last phase of the Lower Pleistocene (Betfian and Biharian substages) 47
CHAPTER 3. VERTEBRATE FAUNAS OF THE MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE OF HUNGARY 71
The initial phases of the Middle Pleistocene (Tarkoian, Vértesszolosian and Upponyian substages) 72
The upper phase of the Middle Pleistocene (Castellumian and Solymárian substages) 103
CHAPTER 4. VERTEBRATE FAUNAS OF THE UPPER PLEISTOCENE OF HUNGARY 115
The initial phase of the Upper Pleistocene (“Riss-Würm”, “pre-Würm”, Süttoian and Varbóian substages) 116
"Lower Würm” faunas of Hungary (Subalyukian and Tokodian substages) 134
Faunas of the “Middle Würm” of Hungary (Istállóskoian substage) 145
Faunas of the “Upper Würm” (Pilisszántóian and Palánkian substages) 150
CHAPTER 5. A REVIEW OF THE PLEISTOCENE VERTEBRATE FAUNAS OF HUNGARY 169
Fauna and climate 169
Chronology of the Pleistocene of Hungary based on vertebrate faunas 172
CONCLUSION 185
REFERENCES 192
INDEX OF LOCALITIES 200
INDEX OF VERTEBRATE TAXA 202

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.8.2011
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Meteorologie / Klimatologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Mineralogie / Paläontologie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• ISBN-10: 0-08-086849-5 / 0080868495
• ISBN-13: 978-0-08-086849-3 / 9780080868493