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The classic locality of Hasznos (Middle Miocene, Mid Badenian, Hungary) has yielded a diverse assemblage of insectivores that is dominated by Erinaceidae and Soricidae, with three species each. The Talpidae are represented by one species, Desmanodon aff. crocheti. Prior to this record of D. crocheti in Hasznos, this species has only been recorded in the Late Badenian of the North Alpine Foreland Basin. The high similarity of the assemblage to that of Sámsonháza 3 confirms that Hasznos and Sámsonháza are very close in age. The new data are discussed in their biostratigraphical and biogeographical contexts.
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In the early years of his career, Albert van der Meulen contributed greatly to Hungarian palaeontology with his work on the early Pleistocene fissures fillings. Later, he shifted his attention to the middle Miocene of other regions. It is therefore with great pleasure that we now can combine his beloved Hungary and Middle Miocene in this paper in honour of our dear friend and colleague.
The authors express their sincere thanks to Lukács G. Mészáros (Szentendre). The reviewers, Marc Furió (Barcelona) and Johannes Klietmann (Vienna) are also thanked for their constructive comments. Sinje Weber (Frankfurt) is thanked for her help during the editing process. This study was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft grant BO1550/16-1, the project No. T046719 of the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA), and the SYNTHESYS Project (NL-TAF-619)http://www.synthesys.info/ which is financed by European Community Research Infrastructure Action under the FP7 “Capacities”Program.
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Prieto, J., van den Hoek Ostende, L.W., Hír, J. et al. The Middle Miocene insectivores from Hasznos (Hungary, Nógrád County). Palaeobio Palaeoenv 95, 431–451 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12549-015-0193-0
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