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Topál, Gy.: Tertiary and Early Quaternary remains of Corynorhinus and Plecotus from Hungary (Mammalia, Chiroptera) 33-55. o.
cf. lissiensis Mein, Rh. delphinensis Gailard and Miniopterus cf. fossilis Zapfe, and less numerous Myotis spp. 1,2,3,4 and plecotines used in this study, were received for investigation by the courtesy of Dr. L. KORDOS. Osztramos Locality 9 aged Lower Pliocene. - Small mammals, mostly bats were collected here by Dr. JÁNOSSY and myself for the Palaeontological Department of the Hungarian Natural History Museum during the early 1970es. (JÁNOSSY 1974, JÁNOSSY and KORDOS 1977). The material collected was somewhat younger than the excellent fauna from Podlesice (Poland) {KOWALSKI 1956, 1962). The assemblage of very rich fossil bat material is still mostly unpublished, however, there are publications on some bats (TOPÁL 1975, 1979, 1983, 1985). Map 1. Localities: 1= Polgárdi, 2= Osztramos, 3= Beremend, 4= Betfia, 5= Deutsch Altenburg, 6= Kohfidisch, 7= Répáshuta Beremend Localities 16 and 17 Lower Pleistocene aged. - The series of individual localities at the classical locality of Beremend, South Hungary (KRETZOI 1956, JÁNOSSY 1986) has recently been increased by the intensified limestone quarrying operations. During the last weeks of 1984 a well extended cave system was discovered by lojal miners (TAKÁCSBOLNER 1985). First collectings of palaeontological samples were made by the staff of the Speleological Institute of the National Authority for Nature Conservation and Environmental Protection and the members of the Hungarian Speleological Society. The cave system at Beremend was named the Crystal Cave and as has been labelled palaeontological site No. 16. Dr. D. JÁNOSSY and I participated in the field work first in January, 1985. During 1986 two field trips were organized to the area of the cave. All for^ils found outside the cave - certainly in destroyed former parts of the same cave system - have been labelled as No. 17. A very rich vertebrate fauna - mostly mammals - revealed the age of the fossil asemblage. It evidently belongs to the upper portion of the Lower Pleistocene, that is, to the Betfian substage. TAKÁCSBOLNER (op. cit. ) also reviewed the palaeontological data of its time. To the rich fossil bat fauna found inside the cave was added an extremely rich assemblage gathered outside. A few almost complete skulls, intact mandibles and extremity bones, thousands of fragmentary pieces came from two species of Rhinolophus, 8-9 species of Myotis , Epte-
