PBDB Collection

Russel-Tiglia-Egypte pit (Pleistocene of Netherlands)

Also known as Tegelen

Where: Limburg, Netherlands (51.3° N, 6.2° E: paleocoordinates 51.4° N, 6.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• The small mammal fauna from the infill, described by Van den Hoek Ostende (2003), Reumer (1984), Reumer and van den Hoek Ostende (2003), Rümke (1985) and Tesakov (1998) among others, is correlated with the Borsodia newtoni-Mimomys pliocaenicus Biozone, dated to 2.26-2.1 Ma (Mayhew, 2015).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fine channel fill; sandstone

Size class: mesofossils

Collected in the 1970s

• Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden

Primary reference: A. Villa, H.-A. Blain, L. Hoek Ostende and M. Delfino. 2018. Fossil amphibians and reptiles from Tegelen (Province of Limburg) and the early Pleistocene palaeoclimate of The Netherlands. Quaternary Science Reviews 187:203-219 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/L. Macaluso]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 192405: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 30.03.2018, edited by Loredana Macaluso

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
Testudines -	Testudines indet. Testudines indet. Batsch 1788 turtle Material: 1 fragment of plastron; 1 shell fragment.
Testudines - Geoemydidae	Mauremys sp. Mauremys sp. Gray 1870 pond turtle Material: 1 nuchal.
Squamata - Anguidae	Anguis cf. fragilis, cf. Pseudopus sp. Anguis cf. fragilis Linneaus 1758 Slow worm Material: 1 parietal; 1 maxilla; 56 trunk vertebrae; 2 cloacal vertebrae; 34 caudal vertebrae; 143 osteoderms. cf. Pseudopus sp. Merrem 1820 legless lizard Material: 1 osteoderm.
Squamata - Lacertidae	Lacertidae indet., Lacerta sp. Lacertidae indet. Bonaparte 1831 squamates Material: 1 parietal; 1 maxilla; 1 pterygoid; 3 dentaries; 2 cervical vertebrae; 14 trunk vertebrae; 4 cloacal vertebrae; 11 caudal vertebrae. Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758 squamates Material: 1 dentary.
Squamata - Colubridae	Colubridae indet., Natricinae indet. Colubridae indet. Oppel 1811 colubrid snake Material: 6 trunk vertebrae. Identification: “Colubrines” include Natricinae indet. Bonaparte 1838 colubrid snake Material: 60 trunk vertebrae.
Squamata - Crotalidae	Vipera sp. Vipera sp. Laurenti 1768 pit viper Material: 1 trunk vertebra.
Squamata - Natricidae	Natrix natrix Natrix natrix Linnaeus 1758 water snake Material: 58 trunk vertebrae.
Amphibia
Caudata -	Caudata indet. Caudata indet. salamander Material: 18 dentaries; 1 oto-occipital complex; 5 atlases; 11 trunk vertebrae; 3 caudal vertebrae; 6 humeri; 5 radii; 1 ulna; 3 ilia; 8 femora; 2 tibiae; 1 fibula.
Caudata - Urodela	Lissotriton sp., Triturus cf. cristatus Lissotriton sp. Bell 1839 newt Material: 1 atlas; 32 trunk vertebrae; 2 caudal vertebrae; 7 humeri; 6 femora. Triturus cf. cristatus Fitzinger 1843 newt Material: 1 parasphenoid; 4 atlases; 88 trunk vertebrae; 7 caudal vertebrae; 10 humeri; 6 femora.
Salientia -	Anura indet. Anura indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1813 frog Material: 20 premaxillae; 101 maxillae; 2 sphenethmoids; 2 parasphenoids; 11 exoccipitals; 9 prootic-exoccipitals; 3 columellae; 27 squamosals; 16 pterygoids; 3 quadratojugals; 127 angulars; 25 atlases; 833 trunk vertebrae; 1 atlas fused to the first trunk vertebra; 46 sacral vertebrae; 18 urostyles; 5 clavicles; 89 coracoids; 3 scapulae; 231 humeri; 643 radioulnae; 56 ilia; 6 ischia; 205 femora; 182 tibiofibulae; 1198 undetermined elements.
Salientia - Bombinatoridae	Bombina sp. Bombina sp. Oken 1816 fire-bellied toad Material: 1 atlas; 36 trunk vertebrae; 4 sacral vertebrae; 3 urostyles; 27 humeri; 21 ilia; 2 tibiofibulae.
Salientia - Bufonidae	Bufo bufo Bufo bufo Linnaeus 1758 toad Material: 4 premaxillae; 3 frontoparietals; 13 trunk vertebrae; 1 sacral vertebra; 1 urostyle; 1 clavicle; 14 scapulae; 37 humeri; 19 ilia; 14 femora; 1 tibiofibula.
Salientia - Hylidae	Hyla cf. arborea Hyla cf. arborea Linnaeus 1758 tree frog Material: 4 trunk vertebrae; 2 sacral vertebrae; 12 scapulae; 7 humeri; 19 ilia; 6 femora.
Salientia - Ranidae	Ranidae indet., Rana sp., Pelophylax sp. Ranidae indet. Rafinesque 1814 frog Material: 4 frontoparietals; 1 atlas; 18 trunk vertebrae; 71 sacral vertebrae; 29 urostyles; 4 clavicles; 64 scapulae; 2 scapulae fused to the clavicle; 1 shoulder girdle; 75 humeri; 111 ilia; 5 femora; 19 tibiofibulae. Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758 frog Material: 24 trunk vertebrae; 1 trunk vertebra fused to the sacral vertebra; 45 humeri; 81 ilia. Pelophylax sp. Fitzinger 1843 frog Material: 1 sphenethmoid; 1 squamosal; 22 trunk vertebrae; 88 humeri; 69 ilia; 1 ilium fused with the ischium.
Salientia - Palaeobatrachidae	Palaeobatrachus eurydices n. sp. Palaeobatrachus eurydices n. sp. Villa et al. 2016 frog Holotype: left maxilla RGM 632073; paratypes: sphenethmoid RGM 632100; premaxilla RGM 632066; frontoparietal RGM 632103; presacral vertebra RGM 632105; clavicle RGM 632116; humerus RGM 632126. Referred Material: sphenethmoid RGM 632101; premaxilla RGM 632067; maxillae RGM 632072, 632075, 632076; frontoparietal RGM 817656; angulars RGM 632083, 632084, 632090, 632096; pterygoid RGM 632080; urostyles RGM 632107, 632109, 632111, 632131; clavicle RGM 632112; coracoid RGM 632117; scapulae RGM 632120, 632121; humeri RGM 632123, 632127, 632129; radioulnae RGM 632132, 632133; ilia RGM 632138, 632141, 632153; femur RGM 817630; tibiofibula RGM 632155.
Salientia - Pelodytidae	Pelodytes sp. Pelodytes sp. Fitzinger 1838 parsley frog Material: 1 trunk vertebra; 1 sacral vertebra.
Salientia - Pelobatidae	Pelobates fuscus Pelobates fuscus Laurenti 1768 Common Eurasian spadefoot toad Material: 32 maxillae; 7 sphenethmoids; 9 nasals; 8 frontoparietals; 49 fragments of frontoparietal; 8 squamosals; 1 atlas; 49 trunk vertebrae; 10 sacral vertebrae fused with the urostyle; 6 scapulae; 63 humeri; 26 ilia; 6 femora.