Turdus undetermined

Turdus sp. indet. Location and age: Beremend 26, Lower Pliocene (MN15); Beremend 38, Lower Pliocene (MN16). Material: 1 distal left ulna (Figure 3 /2); 1 ungual phalanx (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).