Herrlingen 11 (Oligocene to of Germany)

Where: Baden-Württemberg, Germany (48.4° N, 9.9° E: paleocoordinates 48.3° N, 7.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: MP 28 to MP 28 (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• Age is MP 28-30, given as lower Suevian, equivalent to lower Arikareean

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fissure fill; lithology not reported

• infill of karstic fissure in Upper Jurassic limestones of the Swabian Jura (Schwäbische Alb)

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the SMNS

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, sieve,

Primary reference: Z. Szyndlar. 1994. Oligocene snakes of southern Germany. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 14(1):24-37 [J. Head/J. Head/J. Head]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 59126: authorized by Jason Head, entered by Jason Head on 14.03.2006, edited by Terri Cleary

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Squamata -
Squamata "indet 1"1, Amphisbaenia "indet 2"1
Squamata "indet 1"1 squamates
SMNS 59458b-d, three frontals. is from Herrlingen 9.
Amphisbaenia "indet 2"1 Gray 1844 worm lizard
SMNS 59459i, premaxilla. is from Herrlingen 9.
 Squamata - Blanidae
Blanidae indet.1
Blanidae indet.1 Kearney 2003 worm lizard
SMNS 59448a, left dentary; SMNS 59448b, right dentary; SMNS 59448c, one left maxilla
 Squamata - Trogonophidae
Palaeoblanus cf. tobieni1
Palaeoblanus cf. tobieni1 Schleich 1988 worm lizard
SMNS 59446c, one fragment of right dentary
 Squamata - Anguidae
Anguidae indet.1, cf. Ophisauromimus indet.1, Ophisauromimus coderetensis1, Ophisaurus sp.1
Anguidae indet.1 Gray 1825 squamates
SMNS 59447, quadrate; SMNS 59444, osteoderms; SMNS 96570b, palatine; SMNS 96570c and d, pterygoids
cf. Ophisauromimus indet.1 Cernansky et al. 2016 squamates
SMNS 59448g, posterior portion of left dentary
Ophisauromimus coderetensis1 Augé 2005 squamates
SMNS 59448f, left maxilla; SMNS 59448e, right dentary
Ophisaurus sp.1 Daudin 1803 glass lizard
SMNS 59448d, post. portion of right dentary
 Squamata - Lacertidae
Lacertidae "fifth tooth morphotype"1, Lacertidae indet.1, Dracaenosaurus croizeti1, Mediolacerta cf. roceki1, ? Pseudeumeces sp.1, Pseudeumeces cf. cadurcensis1
Lacertidae "fifth tooth morphotype"1 Bonaparte 1831 squamates
SMNS 59459b-d, three right dentaries
Lacertidae indet.1 Bonaparte 1831 squamates
SMNS 59459h, premaxilla; SMNS 96570a, right pterygoid
Dracaenosaurus croizeti1 Gervais 1848 squamates
SMNS 59461a-c, three right dentaries; SMNS 59461d, one left dentary; SMNS 59461e, right maxilla
Mediolacerta cf. roceki1 Augé 2005 squamates
SMNS 59446a, left dentary
? Pseudeumeces sp.1 Hoffstetter 1944 squamates
SMNS 59458a, frontals
Pseudeumeces cf. cadurcensis1 Filhol 1877 squamates
SMNS 59461f, right dentary; SMNS 59461g, left maxilla
 Squamata - Iguanidae
Iguanidae indet.1
Iguanidae indet.1 Oppel 1811 squamates
SMNS 59446b, maxilla; SMNS 59459e and f, two right dentaries; SMNS 59459g, one left dentary
 Squamata -
? Scincomorpha "indet 2"1
? Scincomorpha "indet 2"1 squamates
SMNS 59446d, right maxilla. Recognised in-paper as "Scincomorphan" indeterminate, an informal descriptive assignment that cannot be reflected here, and so here it is marked as ? Scincomorpha so some record of it exists in the database. is found in Herrlingen 9.
 Squamata - Boidae
Bavarioboa herrlingensis n. sp.2, Bransateryx sp.2
Bavarioboa herrlingensis n. sp.2 Szyndlar and Rage 2003 boa
SMNS 59441-3 (holotype), single trunk vertebra; SMNS 59438-59441, 59443-1,2,4, total of 260 trunk vertebrae, 4 cloacal vertebrae, 12 caudal vertebrae, two left maxillae, one right dentary
Bransateryx sp.2 Hoffstetter and Rage 1972 sand boa
 Squamata -
Eoanilius sp.2
Eoanilius sp.2 Rage 1974 snake
 Squamata - Tropidophiidae
Platyspondylia germanica n. sp.2
Platyspondylia germanica n. sp.2 Szyndlar and Rage 2003 dwarf boa
 Squamata -
Gekkota indet.1
Gekkota indet.1 Cuvier 1817 squamates
SMNS 59459a, premaxilla
1Cernansky et al. 2016; 2Szyndlar and Rage 2003