Capreolus sp.

Gasparik, Mihály & Pazonyi, Piroska, 2018, The macromammal remains and revised faunal list of the Somssich Hill 2 locality (late Early Pleistocene, Hungary) and the Epivillafranchian faunal change, Fragmenta Palaeontologica Hungarica 35, pp. 153-178 : 171

Capreolus sp.

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Material – Layer 1: Right M 2 (VER 2017.8232.) ( Fig. 47 ).

Layer 2: 2 upper (?) tooth fragments (V.81.42).

Remarks – The roe deer remains from Somssich Hill 2 were identified by JÁNOSSY (1999) as Capreolus suessenbornensis Kahlke but the very poor material is unsuitable for more precise identification than genus level. The dimensions of the Somssich Hill 2 remains fit in with those of C. suessenbornensis , but also with the extant C. capreolus , so any certain determination is impossible.

On the basis of the taxonomic evaluation of the macromammal record discussed in the above, we revised the faunal lists of the Somssich Hill 2 locality which were published in JÁNOSSY (1990, 1999) and PAZONYI et al. (2018) ( Table 4). An interesting phenomenon that we had to delete two taxa; these are Alces sp. and Macaca sp. Although originally they were listed both in JÁNOSSY (1990) and (1999) we were not able to find such remains neither amongst the inventoried nor amongst the uninventoried material from Somssich Hill 2.

Figures

Figs 35–47. Large mammal remains from Somssich Hill 2. – Fig. 35. Lynx sp. right M1 fragment (VER 2018.2627.), buccal view.– Fig. 36. Lynx sp. left M 1 fragment (VER 2018.2711.), buccal view. – Figs 37–38. Panthera sp. left P 3 fragment (V.83.21). – Fig. 37. Occlusal view. – Fig. 38. Buccal view. – Figs 39–40. Panthera sp. right dP3 (VER 2018.2628.). – Fig. 39. Occlusal view. – Fig. 40. Lingual view. – Figs 41–42. Panthera sp. right anterior phalanx II digiti II (VER 2018.2686.). – Fig. 41. Posterior view. – Fig. 42. Anterior view. – Fig. 43. Equus sp. phalanx II fragment (VER 2018.2685.), anterior view. – Figs 44–45. Sus sp. right dP2 fragment (V.82.148). – Fig. 44. Occlusal view. – Fig. 45. Lingual view. – Fig. 46. Cervus sp. right humerus fragment (VER 2018.2699.), posterior view. – Fig. 47. Capreolus sp. right M 2 (VER 2017.8232.), occlusal view. All scale bars = 10 mm