Lynx 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 : 166

Lynx sp.

( Figs 35–36 )

Material – Layer 4: Upper caninus fragment (VER 2017.8222.).

Layer 8: Juvenile left mandibula fragment with dP 4 (VER 2018.2621.).

Layer 22b: Left and right M 1 fragments (very probably from the same individual) (VER 2018.2627.) ( Fig. 35 ).

Layer 24: Phalanx I (from a semiadult individual) (VER 2018.2637.).

Layer 28: Left M 1 fragment (VER 2018.2711.) ( Fig. 36 ).

Remarks – The dimensions of the Somssich Hill 2 lynx remains fit in with those of the extant Lynx lynx Linnaeus. The length of the only measurable M 1 (VER 2018.2711. – L: 14.68 mm) is very close to Lynx issiodorensis (Croizet & Jobert) from Florence (L: 14.4 mm) (data from PETRUCCI et al. (2013)), but also rather close to Lynx lynx strandi Kormos (L: 15.23 mm). The latter was mentioned also in JÁNOSSY (1999), but on the one hand it is definitely older than Somssich Hill 2 and on the other hand Kormos’ species is very probably synonymous with L. issiodorensis . It is very probable that the Somssich Hill lynx is L. issiodorensis , however, the scanty material does not allow such precise identification.

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