Revised floral and faunal assemblages from Late Pleistocene deposits of the Gánovce-Hrádok Neanderthal site – biostratigraphic and palaeoecological implications

SABOL, Martin, Diana SLYŠKOVÁ, Silvia BODORIKOVÁ, Tomáš ČEJKA, Andrej ČERŇANSKÝ, Martin IVANOV, Peter JONIAK, Marianna KOVÁČOVÁ and Csaba TÓTH. Revised floral and faunal assemblages from Late Pleistocene deposits of the Gánovce-Hrádok Neanderthal site – biostratigraphic and palaeoecological implications. Fossil Imprint. Praha: Národní muzeum v Praze, 2017, vol. 73, 1-2, p. 182-196. ISSN 2533-4050. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.2478/if-2017-0010.

Basic information

• Original name: Revised floral and faunal assemblages from Late Pleistocene deposits of the Gánovce-Hrádok Neanderthal site – biostratigraphic and palaeoecological implications
• Authors: SABOL, Martin (703 Slovakia), Diana SLYŠKOVÁ (703 Slovakia), Silvia BODORIKOVÁ (703 Slovakia), Tomáš ČEJKA (703 Slovakia), Andrej ČERŇANSKÝ (703 Slovakia), Martin IVANOV (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Peter JONIAK (703 Slovakia), Marianna KOVÁČOVÁ (703 Slovakia) and Csaba TÓTH (703 Slovakia).
• Edition: Fossil Imprint, Praha, Národní muzeum v Praze, 2017, 2533-4050.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 10506 Paleontology
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14310/17:00097363
• Organization unit: Faculty of Science
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/if-2017-0010
• Keywords (in Czech): Neandertálská lokalita Gánovce-Hrádok; Slovensko; travertin; pleistocén; flóra; Mollusca; plazi; Aves; Mammalia
• Keywords in English: Gánovce-Hrádok Neanderthal site; Slovakia; travertine; Pleistocene; Flora; Mollusca; Reptiles; Aves; Mammalia
• Tags: NZ, rivok
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

Revisory research of floral and animal assemblages from the Neanderthal site of Gánovce-Hrádok confirmed the previous stratigraphic division of the travertine mound to five horizons on the basis of different petrological and palaeontological contents, indicating climatic and palaeoenvironmental changes in the vicinity, from the Saalian termination to the Holocene. At least two species of molluscs and approximately 20 taxa of vertebrates have been determined, and at least 8 endocasts of large mammals have been re-discovered. Revised floral record contained 570 specimens, but no more than 20% were suitable for taxonomic revision.