Reptilia - Squamata - Colubridae
Full reference: Z. Szyndlar and H. H. Schleich. 1993. Description of Miocene snake from Petersbuch 2 with comments on the lower and middle Miocene ophidian faunas of southern Germany. Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde, Series B. Geologie und Palaontologie (192)1-47
Belongs to Coluber according to Z. Szyndlar and H. H. Schleich 1993
Sister taxa: Coluber acuminatus, Coluber beggiatoi, Coluber cadurci, Coluber caspius, Coluber constrictor, Coluber dolnicensis, Coluber fossilis, Coluber freybergi, Coluber gervaisii, Coluber hungaricus, Coluber lafonti, Coluber lobsingensis, Coluber merkurensis, Coluber ombonii, Coluber planicarinatus, Coluber plioagellus, Coluber pouchetii, Coluber robertmertensi, Coluber suevicus, Coluber viridiflavus
Type specimen: BSP 1976 XXII 7096, a set of vertebrae (a single trunk vertebra). Its type locality is Petersbuch 2, which is in a MN 4 fissure fill claystone in Germany.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Austria (1 collection), the Czech Republic (1), Germany (4)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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