Sibnica 1: Burdigalian, Serbia and Montenegro

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Vespertilidae indet.
Scaptonix sp.
Proscapinus sp.
Paleobatrachus sp.
Đurić 2016
premaxilla (NHMBEO NH 017228)
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae
Rhinolophidae indet. Gray 1825
Mammalia - Talpidae
Myxomygale sp. Filhol 1890
Desmanella sp. Engesser 1972
Talpa sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Plesiosoricidae
Plesiosorex sp. Pomel 1848
Mammalia - Soricidae
Dinosorex sp. Engesser 1972
Heterosorex sp. Gaillard 1915
Florinia sp. Ziegler 1989
Lartetium sp. Ziegler 1989
Mammalia - Dimylidae
Plesiodimylus sp. Gaillard 1897
Chainodus sp. Ziegler 1990
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Galerix exilis de Blainville 1839
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Aliveria aff. luteyni de Bruijn et al. 1980
Miopetaurista cf. dehmi de Bruijn et al. 1980
Blackia miocaenica Mein 1970
Mammalia - Rodentia - Eomyidae
Pseudotheridomys parvulus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Anomalomyidae
Anomalomys minor Fejfar 1972
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Bransatoglis aff. astaracensis (Baudelot 1970)
Seorsumuscardinus alpinus de Bruijn 1998
Glirulus lissiensis Hugueney and Mein 1965
Glirulus ekremi Unay 1994
Glirulus werenfelsi Engesser 1972
Glis minor Kowalski 1963
Miodyromys cf. multicrestatus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Eumyarion cf. weinfurteri Schaub and Zapfe 1953
Democricetodon franconicuus
Democricetodon mutilus (Fahlbusch 1964)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Spalacidae
Heramys aff. eviensis Klein Hofmeijer and de Bruijn 1985
Reptilia - Colubridae
Colubridae indet. Oppel 1811
Đurić 2016
badly preserved vertebrae
Reptilia - Viperidae
Viperidae indet. Oppel 1811
Đurić 2016
badly preserved vertebrae
Reptilia - Chamaeleonidae
Chamaeleonidae indet. Gray 1825
Đurić 2016
dentary fragments (NHMBEO NH 016219/1-6, NHMBEO NH 016223/1-4, NHMBEO NH 017232/1-15)
Reptilia
Gekkota indet. Cuvier 1817
Đurić 2016
small fragments of jaw bones
Reptilia - Anguidae
Pseudopus sp. Merrem 1820
Đurić 2016
maxilla fragment (NHMBEO NH 016220), osteoderms (NHMBEO NH 016235, NHMBEO NH 017236, NHMBEO NH 019237)
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpeton cf. inexpectatum Estes and Hoffstetter 1976
Đurić 2016
Note that some of these herp specimens may be from Sibnica 2 or 4, paper is unclear. Premaxillae (NHMBEO NH 017226/1-5), dentary (NHMBEO NH 017227/1-6, NHMBEO NH 019234/1-4), frontale (NHMBEO NH 017225/1-5 NHMBEO NH 019233/1-2).
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Latonia cf. gigantea Lartet 1851
Đurić 2016
Ilium (NHMBEO NH 017229/1-2), urostyl (NHMBEO NH 017231)
see common names

Geography
Country:Serbia and Montenegro State/province:Serbia
Coordinates: 43.3° North, 21.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.4° North, 20.4° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Burdigalian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Burdigalian Mammal zone: MN 4
Age range of interval:20.44000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:brown,gray,yellow claystone
Secondary lithology: sandy,carbonaceous claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: The Sibnica 1 and 2 fossil localities are at short distance from the original locality. These sites were sampled in 1997–2011. The host rock of the fossil mammals is composed of brownish-grey and yellowish clays. It is intercalated between the grey sandy-clays, coal-bearing clays with pieces of carbonized tree trunks and brownish-grey coal-bearing clays.
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Duric states that "The composition of the [herpeto-]fauna from [Sibnica 1, 2 and 4] is taxonomically pretty similar.", but does not specify where each taxon in their list comes from. Therefore all taxa they mention are included in all three collections until new literature says otherwise.
Metadata
Database number:199780
Authorizer:T. Cleary Enterer:T. Cleary
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2019-02-15 09:32:29 Last modified:2021-07-14 11:18:27
Access level:the public Released:2019-02-15 09:32:29
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
67944. S. Kneżević, A. van de Weerd, and Z. Marković. 2016. Overview of the geology of the Levač basin and the fossil mammal and the fossil plants localities in the Sibnica area (Central Serbia). In Z. Marković and M. Milivojević (eds.), Special Issue of the Natural History Museum in Belgrade: Life on the Shore - geological and palaeontological research in the Neogene of Sibnica and vicinity (Levač Basin, Central Serbia) Part 1 11-20 [T. Cleary/T. Cleary]

Secondary references:

77386 J. D. Gardner, A. Villa, S. Colombero, M. Venczel, and M. Delfino. 2021. A Messinian (latest Miocene) occurrence for Albanerpeton Estes & Hoffstetter, 1976 (Lissamphibia: Albanerpetontidae) at Moncucco Torinese, Piedmont Basin, northwestern Italy, and a review of the European Cenozoic record for albanerpetontids. Geodiversitas 43(14):391-404 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
67945 D. Đurić. 2016. The Early Miocene herpetofauna (Amphibia and Squamata) from Sibnica, Serbia. Special Issue of the Natural History Museum in Belgrade: Life on the Shore - geological and palaeontological research in the Neogene of Sibnica and vicinity (Levač Basin, Central Serbia) Part 1 57-61 [T. Cleary/T. Cleary]