Vörös A. szerk.: Fragmenta Mineralogica Et Palaentologica 12. 1985. (Budapest, 1985)
FRAGMENTA MINERALOGICA et PALAEONTOLOGICA 12. 1985 p. 59-66 Alces brevirostris Kretzoi from the Ördöglyuk Cave at Solymár (Hungary) By I. VÖRÖS (Received November 30, 1984) Abstract: The skeletal remains of male Alces brevirostris from the Solymár-Ördöglyuk Cave are described in this paper. Comparison shows that A. brevirostris is the earliest form of the Alces line. The Ördöglyuk Cave is situated west of the village of Solymár on the NE slope of the Zsiroshegy at an altitude of approximately 300 m above see level. In this cave of complicated structure L. VÉRTES and O. KADIÖ excavated and collected material during 1939 and 1942/43, while in 1946 L. VÉRTES continued his researches there by himself. In 1943 an almost complete skeleton of an elk came to light in the so-called "Kiskörút" section of the cave, from darkred clay. It was sent by L. VÉRTES together with other faunal remains to M. KRETZOI for identification and analyses (VÉRTES 1950). The mammalian fauna of the Solymár-Ördöglyuk Cave yielded several new species and subspecies (KRETZOI 1946, JÁNOSSY 1969, 1979). The elk remains were described in manuscript by M. KRETZOI as Alces brevirostris new species. The significance of the Alces brevirostris skeletal remains found in the Solymár-Ördöglyuk Cave is emphasized by the fact that the vertebrae, the extremity bones - as well as the cast antfer, the skull and the mandible (having been destroyed in the meantime) - belonged to a single male individual and they are easily measured. Their dimensions and morphological characteristics can be compared with other Pleistocene Alces remains. The Alces brevirostris skeleton remains are deposited in the Paleontological Department of the Hungarian Natural History Museum, under inv. No.: V.82.14. I would like to express my sincere thanks here to Prof. M. KRETZOI and Prof. D. JÁNOSSY for their permission to study and to publish this material. Skeletal remains of Alces brevirostris - right side cast antler (Fig. 1, this drawing has been prepared on the basis of JÁNOSSY 1969, Taf. II, fig. 3). Destroyed. The photo and the drawing shows very well the most characteristic features of the antler, namely the extremely short beam, with end in a large wide palmation.There are 7 tines at the margin of the palmation, the posterior margin of the palmation is damaged, the tines are broken off. The I s ' tine from the anterior margin of the palmation is relatively small and separated. The palmation is divided into two parts along the median-sagittal axis of the antler
