1.
JURASSICA Museum, Route de Fontenais 21. 2900 Porrentruy, Switzerland & Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg, Chemin du musee 6, 1700, Fribourg, Switzerland
2.
Department of Ecology, Laboratory of Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Mlynska dolina, Ilkovicova 6, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia
3.
Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences, Slawkowska 17, 31 - 016 Krakow, Poland
4.
Department of Palaeobiology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, P. O. Box 50007, 104 05 Stockholm, Sweden & Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Description
Table 2. Overview of amphibian and reptilian faunas from MN3-MN4 sites. Each large taxonomic group is highlighted in different color. The herpetofaunistic record follows for: Wintershof West - Böhme and Ilg (2003); Ahníkov 1 (= Merkur North) - Čerňanský (2010a), Čerňanský and Bauer (2010), Čerňanský et al. (2015), Klembara et al. (2010), Villa and Delfino (2019a, b); Oberdorf - Čerňanský (2016), Čerňanský et al. (2020b), Sanchíz (1998), Szyndlar (1998), Villa and Delfino (2019a); Petersbuch 2 - Čerňanský (2011), Ivanov (2001), Klembara et al. (2010), Szyndlar and Schleich (1993), Szyndlar and Rage (2002), Szyndlar and Rage (2003), Villa and Delfino (2019a), Villa et al. (2018); Echzell - present study; Mokrá-W Q 1/2001 and Mokrá-W Q 2/ 2001 - Ivanov (2008), Ivanov et al. (2020); Dolnice - Böhme and Ilg (2003), Čerňanský (2010b), Fejfar and Roček (1986), Klembara (2015), Szyndlar (1987), Villa and Delfino (2019a); Erkertshofen 1 - Klembara et al. (2010); Beon 1 - Rage and Bailon (2005); Rembach - Klembara et al. (2010); Forsthart - Klembara et al. (2010). The ecophysiological indices for Echzell assemblage are given for each taxon as well as the calculated precipitation values and errors are calculated according to Böhme et al. (2006).
taxon
Wintershof West
Ahníkov 1 (=Merkur North)
Oberdorf
Petersbuch 2
Echzell
Mokrá-W Q 1/2001
Mokrá-W Q 2/2001
Dolnice
Erkertshofen 1
Béon 1
Rembach
Forsthart
MN3a
MN 3a
MN4
MN4a
MN4
MN4
MN4
MN 4b
MN 4b
MN 4b
MN 4b
MN 4b
Allocaudata
Albanerpetonidae
Albanerpeton inexpectatum
+
cf.
+
+
0.0917
+
Urodela
Cryptobranchidae
Andrias scheuchzeri
+
Proteidae
Mioproteus sp.
+
Salamandridae
Salamandrina sp.
+
Chioglossa meini
+
+
+
Chioglossa sp.
+
0.9768
Mertensiella mera
+
Mertensiella sp.
+
+
+
0.9768
+
Salamandra sansaniensis
+
+
+
+
Salamandra sp.
0.3918
Chelotriton paradoxus
+
+
Chelotriton aff. pliocaenicus
+
Chelotriton sp.
+
+
+
0.3918
+
cf.
Chelotriton sp. 1
+
+
Chelotriton sp. 2
+
+
Triturus cf. marmoratus
+
+
+
Triturus ex. gr. cristatus
+
Triturus (Triturus marmoratus group) sp.
+
Lissotriton cf. helveticus
+
+
Lissotriton roehsi
+
+
+
Lissotriton aff. roehsi
+
Lissotriton sp.
0.3918
Triturus / Lissotriton sp.
+
Triturus aff. vittatus
+
Ichthyosaura alpestris
Ichthyosaura wintershofi
+
Anura
Alytidae
Latonia gigantea
+
Latonia ragei
+
+
+
+
Latonia cf. ragei
+
+
Latonia sp.
0.3918
Palaeobatrachidae
Palaeobatrachus robustus
1
Palaeobatrachus sp.
+
+
Palaeobatrachidae sp. 1
+
Palaeobatrachidae sp. 2
+
Bufonidae
Bufo sp.
+
Bufotes (cf.) Bufotes viridis
+
+
Ranidae
Pelophylax sync esculenta
+
+
Pelophylax sp.
+
+
+
0.513
+
+
+
Rana sp.
+
0.3918
+
Pelodytidae
Pelodytes sp.
+
+
+
+
Pelobatidae
Eopelobates sp.
+
+
+
Pelobates sanchizi
+
0.0917
+
+
Pelobates sp.
+
+
+
+
Pelobates sp. nov.
+
Hylidae
Hyla sp.
+
+
Crocodylia
Diplocynodon sp.
+
+
+
Testudines
Ptychogaster sp.
+
+
+
+
+
Ptychogaster buechelbergense
+
cf.
Testudo rectangularis
+
Testudo sp.
+
+
+
+
+
Geochelone / Ergilemys sp.
+
+
aff. Clemmydopsis sp.
+
Serpentes
Colubridae
Natrix longivertebrata
+
cf.
Natrix merkurensis
+
aff.
Serpentes
Colubridae
Natrix sansaniensis
+
+
+
Natrix sp.
+
+
cf. Neonatrix sp.
+
+
Palaeonatrix lehmani
+
+
aff.
Neonatrix nova
+
Neonatrix europaea
+
Neonatrix natricoides
+
Palaeonatrix sp.
+
Natricinae indet.
+
+
+
+
Coluber caspioides
+
cf.
+
Coluber dolnicensis
+
+
Coluber pouchetii
+
Coluber suevicus
+
Coluber sp.
+
+
Texasophis meini
+
Texasophis bohemicus
+
Elaphe sp.
+
Colubrinae indet.
+
+
Colubrinae indet. 1
+
+
Colubrinae indet.
+
+
Colubrinae indet. A
+
Colubrinae indet. B
+
Colubridae indet.
+
+
+
Colubroidea indet.
+
Viperidae
Vipera antiqua
+
+
Vipera platyspondyla
+
+
Vipera aspis complex
+
Daboia /oriental Vipera complex
+
Viper sp.
+
+
+
Viperidae indet.
+
+
Viperinae indet.
+
+
Elapidae
Naja romani
+
Naja cf. romani
+
Micrurus gallicus
+
+
Elapidae indet.
+
+
+
Elapidae / Natricinae indet.
+
Boidae
Bavarioboa hermi
+
+
+
Bavarioboa cf. hermi
0.0917
+
Bavarioboa sp.
+
cf. Bavarioboa sp.
+
Pyton europaeus
+
Pyton sp.
+
Falseryx petersbuchi
+
Bransateryx septentrionalis
+
+
Bransateryx sp.
Scolecophidia indet.
+
Aniliidae
Eoanilus sp.
+
Serpentes indet.
+
+
Iguania
Chamaeleonidae
Chamaeleo sp.
+
+
Chamaeleo andrusovi
0.0917
+
Chamaeleo caroliquarti
+
+
+
Chamaeleonidae indet.
+
?
+
+
Gekkota
Gekkonidae
Euleptes gallica
+
Gekkota indet.
+
+
+
0.0917
+
+
Amphisbaenia
Blanidae
Blanus sp.
+
+
Blanus thomaskelleri
+
Amphisbaenidae
Amphisbaenidae indet.
+
+
Amphisbaenia indet.
+
Lacertiformata
Lacertidae
Lacerta cf. L. poncenatensis
+
Lacerta ex. gr. L. viridis
+
Lacerta sp.
+
+
+
+
+
+
Lacerta sp. 1
+
+
Lacerta sp. 2
+
+
Miolacerta tenuis
+
Miolacerta sp.
+
+
Janoskia sp.
+
Ambyolacerta dolnicensis
+
Lacertiformata
Lacertidae
Ambyolacerta sp.
+
Lacertidae indet.
+
+
0
+
+
+
+
+
Lacertidae indet. 1
+
Lacertidae indet. 2
+
Lacertoidea indet.
+
Scinciformata
Scincidae
Eumeces sp.
+
Bavariascincus mabuyaformis
+
+
+
Chalcides augei
+
cf. Chalcides sp.
0
Scincidae indet.
+
+
+
+
Cordylidae
Palaeocodylus bohemicus
+
aff. Palaeocodylus bohemicus
+
Cordylidae indet.
?
+
+
Scincoidea indet.
+
+
Anguimorpha
Varanidae
Varanus mokrensis
+
+
Varanus hofmanni
+
Varanus sp.
+
+
cf. Varanus Varanus sp.
+
Shinisauridae
Merkurosaurus ornatus
+
Shinisauridae indet.
+
Anguidae
Pseudopus laurillardi
+
+
+
+
+
Pseudopus confertus
+
Pseudopus ahnikoviensis
+
+
Pseudopus sp.
+
+
+
+
+
+
Smithosaurus echzellensis
+
Anguis sp.
+
Ophisaurus fejfari
+
+
Ophisaurus cf. O. fejfari
+
Ophisaurus spinari
+
+
Ophisaurus cf. O. spinari
+
Ophisaurus robustus
+
Ophisaurus aff. O. robustus
+
Ophisaurus holeci
+
+
Ophisaurus sp.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Ophisaurus sp. 1
+
+
+
Ophisaurus sp. 2
+
+
+
Anguinae indet.
+
+
+
Anguidae indet.
+
+
+
+
Squamata indet.
+
Squamata indet. 1
+
Squamata indet. 2
+
Squamata indet. 3
+
average ecophysiological index
0.344
MAP
791
recent MAP (in mm)
630
95 % prediction interval - error (in mm)
254
(near) city/town of the value or recent MAP
Frankfurt a. M.
MAP/MAPrecent (in %)
125.5036157
Notes
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