PBDB Collection

Sibnica 4 (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; concretionary, gray, green, sandy claystone

• The Sibnica 4 fossil locality is at close distance to Sibnica 1 and 2. The bed containing the fossil remains is 50 to 100 cm thick and consists of greyish-green sandy-clays, rich in

•concretions formed around organic remains, mostly molluscs.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: concretion

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 199782: authorized by Terri Cleary, entered by Terri Cleary on 15.02.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

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., Aliveriia brinkerinki, Paleobatrachus sp. Vespertilidae indet. Scaptonix sp. Proscapinus sp. Aliveriia brinkerinki Paleobatrachus sp.
Reptilia
Squamata - Chamaeleonidae	Chamaeleonidae indet. Chamaeleonidae indet. Gray 1825 chameleon
Squamata - Anguidae	Pseudopus sp. Pseudopus sp. Merrem 1820 legless lizard
Squamata -	Gekkota indet. Gekkota indet. Cuvier 1817 squamates
Squamata - Viperidae	Viperidae indet. Viperidae indet. Oppel 1811 viper
Squamata - Colubridae	Colubridae indet. Colubridae indet. Oppel 1811 colubrid snake
Mammalia
Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae	Rhinolophidae indet. Rhinolophidae indet. Gray 1825 horseshoe bat
Artiodactyla - Moschidae	Micromeryx sp. Micromeryx sp. Lartet 1851 musk deer
Tribosphenida - Erinaceoidae	Chainodus sp., Plesiodimylus sp. Chainodus sp. Ziegler 1990 placental Plesiodimylus sp. Gaillard 1897 placental
Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae	Galerix exilis Galerix exilis de Blainville 1839 hedgehog
Soricomorpha - Talpidae	Talpa sp., Myxomygale sp., Desmanella sp. Talpa sp. Linnaeus 1758 mole Myxomygale sp. Filhol 1890 mole Desmanella sp. Engesser 1972 mole
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
Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae	Prolagus vasconiensis Prolagus vasconiensis Viret 1930 pika
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 - Eomyidae	Pseudotheridomys parvulus Pseudotheridomys parvulus rodent
Rodentia - Anomalomyidae	Anomalomys minor Anomalomys minor Fejfar 1972 rodent
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Eumyarion cf. weinfurteri, "Democricetodon franconicuus" = Copemys, Democricetodon mutilus, Megacricetodon sp. Eumyarion cf. weinfurteri Schaub and Zapfe 1953 rodent "Democricetodon franconicuus" = Copemys rodent Democricetodon mutilus Fahlbusch 1964 rodent Megacricetodon sp. Fahlbusch 1964 rodent
Rodentia - Spalacidae	Heramys aff. eviensis Heramys aff. eviensis Klein Hofmeijer and de Bruijn 1985 mouse
Rodentia - Gliridae	Myomimus dehmi, Glis minor, Glirudinus aff. euryodon, Glirulus lissiensis, Bransatoglis aff. complicates, Bransatoglis aff. astaracensis, "Vasseuromys cf. duplex" = Gliruloides duplex Myomimus dehmi de Bruijn 1966 dormouse Glis minor Kowalski 1963 dormouse Glirudinus aff. euryodon Van der Meulen and De Bruijn 1982 dormouse Glirulus lissiensis Hugueney and Mein 1965 Japanese dormouse Bransatoglis aff. complicates dormouse Bransatoglis aff. astaracensis Baudelot 1970 dormouse "Vasseuromys cf. duplex" = Gliruloides duplex Unay 1994 dormouse
Amphibia
Salientia - Discoglossidae	Latonia cf. gigantea Latonia cf. gigantea Lartet 1851 painted frog
Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae	Albanerpeton cf. inexpectatum Albanerpeton cf. inexpectatum Estes and Hoffstetter 1976 tetrapod See Sibnica 1 collection for potential specimen numbers for all herps from this reference.