Where: Hungary (47.1° N, 18.6° E: paleocoordinates 46.8° N, 18.5° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Turolian (8.7 - 5.3 Ma)
• Local fissure fill
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ), mechanical,
Primary reference: M. Venczel. 1998. Late Miocene snakes (Reptilia: Serpentes) form Polgárdi (Hungary): a second contribution. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 41:1-22 [J. Head/J. Head/T. Liebrecht]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 48294: authorized by Jason Head, entered by Jason Head on 15.03.2005, edited by Juan Benito Moreno
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Pseudopus pannonicus Kormos 1911 legless lizard MÁFI V.06.1685.3, 2 trunk vertebrae, 1 caudal vertebra; MÁFI V.06.1686.2, 2 osteoderms
Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803 glass lizard MÁFI V.06.1687.1, 1 dentary; MÁFI V.06.1688.14, 14 vertebrae; MÁFI V.06.1689.6, 6 osteoderms
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Macrovipera gedulyi Bolkay 1913 pit viper | |
Coronella miocaenica n. sp., Coluber hungaricus, Elaphe praelongissima, Elaphe szyndlari n. sp., Telescopus sp., Natrix cf. longivertebrata
Coronella miocaenica n. sp. Venczel 1998 colubrid snake
Coluber hungaricus Bolkay 1913 racer
Elaphe praelongissima Venczel 1994 colubrid snake
Elaphe szyndlari n. sp. Venczel 1998 colubrid snake
Telescopus sp. Waner 1830 tiger snake
Natrix cf. longivertebrata Szyndlar 1984 water snake | |
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Lacerta cf. viridis Laurenti 1768 European green lizard MÁFI V.06.1681.4, 4 maxillae; MÁFI V.06.1682.10, 10 dentaries
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