Turdus sp.

Horváth, Ida, 2025, New records of fossil bird bones from the Neogene in Hungary, Zootaxa 5627 (2), pp. 327-342 : 335-336

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scientific name	Turdus sp.
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Turdus sp. indet.

Location and age: Beremend 26, Lower Pliocene (MN15); Beremend 38, Lower Pliocene (MN16).

Material: 1 distal left ulna ( Figure 3 View FIGURE 3 /2); 1 ungual phalanx ( Figure 3 View FIGURE 3 /3).

Dimensions (in mm): ulna: E—2.4, F—4.1, G—3.1; ungual phalanx: A—9.7, B—3.9, C—2.8.

Previous records of the taxon—sites and their age: The earliest known indication of the genus is from the Middle Miocene of Credinta, Romania ( MN 8), under the name Turdus sp. ( Gál & Kessler 2006), while from the Late Pliocene it is known from the sites Rebielice Królowskie I in Poland ( Jánossy 1974), Văršec in Bulgaria ( Boev 2000), Sandalja I in Croatia ( Malez-Bačić 1979). From the Early Pleistocene onwards, the number of known sites multiplies throughout Europe ( Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Romania, Spain, etc.) ( Tyrberg 1998). Q1—Beremend 17 ( Kessler 2010 a); Betfia 9 ( Gál 2002); Németóvár 4B ( Jánossy 1981; Döppes & Rabeder 1997; Mlíkovskỳ 1998a); Q2—Nagyharsányhegy 1–4 ( Lambrecht 1916, 1933; Jánossy 1979a, b); Q3/I— Hundsheim (Mlíkovskỳ 2009); Q3/II—Süttő 1–4 ( Kessler 2009c); Q4/I—Csobánka-Kiskevélyi cave ( Lambrecht 1912, 1915, 1933; Jánossy 1979a,b); Felsőtárkány-Peskő cave ( Lambrecht 1912, 1933; Jánossy 1979a,b, 1986); Hámor-Puskaporos stone cave ( Lambrecht 1912, 1916, 1933; Jánossy 1979a,b, 1986); Kőrösmart (Jánossy in Hamar & Csák 1969; Kessler 1974; Gál 2002); Szárazgerence ( Jánossy 1979a,b, 1986).

Comparative material: Turdus merula (2010.1830.1); Turdus pilaris (2010.1015.1); Turdus philomelos (2010.1834.1); Turdus torquatus (2010.1841.1); Turdus viscivorus (2010.1023.1).