Balogh Zoltán – Fodor Miklós Zoltán (szerk.): Neograd 2016 - A Dornyay Béla Múzeum Évkönyve 39. (Salgótarján, 2016)
Természettudomány - Hír János: Áttekintés Nógrád megye középső miocén korú kisgerinces lelőhelyeinek leletegyütteseiről a kutatómunka jelenlegi állásának megfelelően
JÁNOS HÍR REVIEW ON THE FINDMATERIALS OF THE MIDDLE MIOCENE MICROVERTEBRATE LOCALITIES OF THE NÓGRÁD REGION. STATE OF THE ART. Vertebrate paleontological investigation and sampling of the Badenian and Sarmatian nonmarine sediments in the Nógrád Region was initiated by Kordos (1981) and has been continued by the author from 1995. In this publication we give the complete find lists of the studied faunas referring to our present knowledge. The following localities were sampled. 1. Litke The fossiliferous dark gray clay of the locality is bedded between the Karpatian and the Badenian marine cycles. The rodent fauna contains central Asian and Anatolian elements. There are thermophil elements of the herpetofauna, but the typical taxa of the Middle Miocene Climatic Optimum are missing. The chronological position of the two faunas (Lil and Li2) can by classified as early Badenian, MN5, due to the presence of Cricetodon meini. 2. Hasznos The fossiliferous rock of the locality is fine diatomaceous earth. Referring to the sed- imentological study of Vereb (2013) this material was intensively reworked into shallow marine environment by earthquaqes or volcanic activity. This idea is founded by the missing of fine stratification and the coexistence of land mammals and marine fishes. The sampling of the locality was iniciated by Kordos (1981). Later field activity was continued by Hír & Pászti (2012). The chronological classification is middle Badenian, and MN6 Zone. 3. Sámsonháza The surroundings of the settlement are rich in geological monuments exposing middle Miocene volcanics, calcareous marine (Leitha Limestone)-, and nonmarine sediments. Sporadic vertebrate finds were reported from the vicinity of the village during the 20th century. The intensive sampling of the localities in the „Oszkoruzsa Valley” was iniciated by the author. The mollusc fauna was classified as middle Badenian. The insecti- vore and the rodent material is similar to the assemblage of Hasznos. The herpetofauna is referable to the „Middle Miocene Climatic Optimum” due to the presence of crocodyle teeth (Diplocynodon). In all the vertebrate faunas are ranked into the MN6 zone. 249
