Palaeocryptonyx hungaricus Jánossy, 1991

Horváth, Ida, 2025, New records of fossil bird bones from the Neogene in Hungary, Zootaxa 5627 (2), pp. 327-342 : 331

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scientific name	Palaeocryptonyx hungaricus Jánossy, 1991
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† Palaeocryptonyx hungaricus Jánossy, 1991 (syn: † Eurobambusicola turolicus Zelenkov, 2016)

Location and age: Beremend 26; Lower Pliocene (MN15).

Material: a proximal left coracoid fragment (omal part) ( Figure 2 View FIGURE 2 /4).

Dimensions (in mm): coracoid: C—5.5–5.9, D—3.3–3.5, E—3.0–3.2.

Description: similar to Gallus bones, quail size.

Previous records of the taxon—sites and their age: Rátka, Upper Miocene ( MN 12–13) ( Kessler 2009b)— complete skeleton without skull; Polgárdi 4, 5, Upper Miocene ( MN 13) ( Jánossy 1991, 1995); Beremend 26, Lower Pliocene ( MN 15) ( Kessler 2009b), Beremend 17, 18 Lower Pleistocene (Q1) ( Jánossy 1992, 1996). Mátraszőlős 3, Middle Miocene ( Horváth 2023). Other than the above, no other sites have been reported. Along with other members of the genus, Mlíkovskỳ (2002) assigned Palaeocryptonyx hungaricus to † Alectoris donnezani ( Depéret, 1892) , while Zelenkov (2016) renamed it as Eurobambusicola turolicus.

This material is not catalogued, it belongs to the Chapel of Reconciliation in Beremend and will be catalogued in their collection.