Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 89. (Budapest 1997)

Hír, J.: Cricetus runtonensis solymarensis ssp. n. (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Late Middle Pleistocene fauna of Solymár

ANNALES HISTORICO-NATURALES MUSEI NATIONALIS HUNGARICI Volume 89. Budapest, 1997 pp. 23-42. Cricetus runtonensis solymarensis ssp. n. (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Late Middle Pleistocene fauna of Solymár J. HÍR Municipal Museum H-3060 Pásztó, Pf. 15, Hungary HÍR , J. (1997): Cricetus runtonensis solymarensis ssp. n. (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Late Middle Pleistocene fauna of Solymár. - Annls hist.-nat. Mus. natn. hung. 89: 23^42. Abstract - Detailed metrical and morphological analysis of the "large sized" hamster material from Solymár is given with the systematical and biostratigraphical relations. With 18 figures and 14 tables. INTRODUCTION The cave of the Ördög-lyuk is situated at 325 m height above sea level on the NE slope of the Sziklás-hill, W of village Solymár, near Budapest. The complicated cave system developed hydrothermally in Triassic (Dachstein) limestone (VÉRTES 1950). The total length of the cave is 2000 m. Paleontological excavations and collections were made here between 1939 and 1951. The field activities were managed by VÉRTES (1950) the later well known paleolithic archaeologist. The detailed history of the research activity and the list of the different localities is given by VÖRÖS (1988). A rich microvertebrate fauna was found in a small hall of the cave named as "Kiskörút". The later history of this material was rather unfortunate because it was partially destroyed during the second world war and during the 1956 revolution. The first study of the fauna (KRETZOI 1946) was never published, it was left in manuscript. Other special studies were published on the land snail fauna (ROTARIDES 1944) and on the charcoal material (STIEBER 1952). After a long break, the enamel thickness of the Arvicola molars was studied by JÁNOSSY (1976a) and HEINRICH (1982). The investigation of the large mammalian finds was made by VÖRÖS (1985, 1988). The revision of the mollusc fauna was published by KROLOPP(1992). New studies on the available Solymár fauna are important, because biochronological units as "third faunal wave" KRETZOI (1953) "Solymár faunal stage" JÁNOSSY (1986) "Solymárium" KRETZOI & PÉCSI (1979) are based on the material.