PBDB Collection

Sibnica 1 (Miocene of Serbia and Montenegro)

Where: Serbia, Serbia and Montenegro (43.3° N, 21.2° E: paleocoordinates 42.4° N, 20.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: MN 4 mammal zone, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; brown, gray, yellow claystone and sandy, carbonaceous claystone

• 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.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 199780: authorized by Terri Cleary, entered by Terri Cleary on 15.02.2019

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Taxonomic list

• 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.

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unclassified
-	Vespertilidae indet., Scaptonix sp., Proscapinus sp., Paleobatrachus sp. Vespertilidae indet. Scaptonix sp. Proscapinus sp. Paleobatrachus sp. premaxilla (NHMBEO NH 017228)
Mammalia
Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae	Rhinolophidae indet. Rhinolophidae indet. Gray 1825 horseshoe bat
Soricomorpha - Talpidae	Talpa sp., Desmanella sp., Myxomygale sp. Talpa sp. Linnaeus 1758 mole Desmanella sp. Engesser 1972 mole Myxomygale sp. Filhol 1890 mole
Soricomorpha - Plesiosoricidae	Plesiosorex sp. Plesiosorex sp. Pomel 1848 placental
Soricomorpha - Soricidae	Florinia sp., Lartetium sp., Heterosorex sp., Dinosorex sp. Florinia sp. Ziegler 1989 shrew Lartetium sp. Ziegler 1989 shrew Heterosorex sp. Gaillard 1915 shrew Dinosorex sp. Engesser 1972 shrew
Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae	Galerix exilis Galerix exilis de Blainville 1839 hedgehog
Tribosphenida - Erinaceoidae	Plesiodimylus sp., Chainodus sp. Plesiodimylus sp. Gaillard 1897 placental Chainodus sp. Ziegler 1990 placental
Rodentia - Spalacidae	Heramys aff. eviensis Heramys aff. eviensis Klein Hofmeijer and de Bruijn 1985 mouse
Rodentia - Anomalomyidae	Anomalomys minor Anomalomys minor Fejfar 1972 rodent
Rodentia - Sciuridae	Blackia miocaenica, Miopetaurista cf. dehmi, Aliveria aff. luteyni Blackia miocaenica Mein 1970 squirrel Miopetaurista cf. dehmi de Bruijn et al. 1980 squirrel Aliveria aff. luteyni de Bruijn et al. 1980 squirrel
Rodentia - Gliridae	Bransatoglis aff. astaracensis, Glis minor, Seorsumuscardinus alpinus, Glirulus lissiensis, Glirulus ekremi, Glirulus werenfelsi, Miodyromys cf. multicrestatus Bransatoglis aff. astaracensis Baudelot 1970 dormouse Glis minor Kowalski 1963 dormouse Seorsumuscardinus alpinus de Bruijn 1998 dormouse Glirulus lissiensis Hugueney and Mein 1965 Japanese dormouse Glirulus ekremi Unay 1994 Japanese dormouse Glirulus werenfelsi Engesser 1972 Japanese dormouse Miodyromys cf. multicrestatus dormouse
Rodentia - Eomyidae	Pseudotheridomys parvulus Pseudotheridomys parvulus rodent
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Eumyarion cf. weinfurteri, "Democricetodon franconicuus" = Copemys, Democricetodon mutilus Eumyarion cf. weinfurteri Schaub and Zapfe 1953 rodent "Democricetodon franconicuus" = Copemys rodent Democricetodon mutilus Fahlbusch 1964 rodent
Reptilia
Squamata -	Gekkota indet. Gekkota indet. Cuvier 1817 squamates small fragments of jaw bones
Squamata - Anguidae	Pseudopus sp. Pseudopus sp. Merrem 1820 legless lizard maxilla fragment (NHMBEO NH 016220), osteoderms (NHMBEO NH 016235, NHMBEO NH 017236, NHMBEO NH 019237)
Squamata - Viperidae	Viperidae indet. Viperidae indet. Oppel 1811 viper badly preserved vertebrae
Squamata - Colubridae	Colubridae indet. Colubridae indet. Oppel 1811 colubrid snake badly preserved vertebrae
Squamata - Chamaeleonidae	Chamaeleonidae indet. Chamaeleonidae indet. Gray 1825 chameleon dentary fragments (NHMBEO NH 016219/1-6, NHMBEO NH 016223/1-4, NHMBEO NH 017232/1-15)
Amphibia
Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae	Albanerpeton cf. inexpectatum Albanerpeton cf. inexpectatum Estes and Hoffstetter 1976 tetrapod 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).
Salientia - Discoglossidae	Latonia cf. gigantea Latonia cf. gigantea Lartet 1851 painted frog Ilium (NHMBEO NH 017229/1-2), urostyl (NHMBEO NH 017231)