Relative chronology of Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene mammoth-bearing localities in Hungary

Virág, Attila and Gasparik, Mihály (2012) Relative chronology of Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene mammoth-bearing localities in Hungary. Hantkeniana, 7. pp. 27-36. ISSN 1219-3933

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Abstract

Present study provides a comprehensive picture of the major Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene mammoth-bearing localities of Hungary and places them within the framework of the early evolution of Mammuthus lineage in Eurasia. The evolutionary scenery is discussed from the biozone MN16 with the earliest representatives of the lineage in Hungary (i.e. M. rumanus from Ócsa and “primitive” M. meridionalis from Aszód) to the M. meridionalis-M. trogontherii transition around the Early-Middle Pleistocene boundary (i.e. Üröm-hegy with a specimen, which shows mosaic tooth morphology). In addition, the relationship between the geological age and four standard morphometric characters measurable on the molars (i.e. plate number, hypsodonty index, lamellar frequency and enamel thickness) were analysed. Similarities of the local evolutionary changes with the European patterns were pointed out. Reliable age estimates can be made for mammoth-bearing localities on the basis of the morphometric data presented in the article.

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