Anurans and squamates from the Lower Pliocene (MN14) Osztramos 1 locality (Northern Hungary)

Venczel, Márton (2001) Anurans and squamates from the Lower Pliocene (MN14) Osztramos 1 locality (Northern Hungary). FRAGMENTA PALAEONTOLOGICA HUNGARICA, 19. pp. 79-90. ISSN 1586-930X

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Abstract

The Lower Pliocene (MN 14) locality of Osztramos 1 (Hungary) yielded at least 7 anurans: Latonia gigantea, Bombina sp. (Discoglossidae), Pliobatrachus cf. langhae (Palaeobatrachidae), Eopelobates sp. (Pelobaddae), Bufo bufo, B. viridis (Bufonidae), Rana sp. (Ranidae); and 14 squamate taxa: Geckonidae indet., Eacerta sp. (Lacertidae), Anguisfragilis,Pseudopus pannonicus (Anguidae), Eryx sp. (Boidae), Coluber bungaricus, Coronella austriaca, Elaphe kormosi, E. praelongissima, Elaphe sp., Natrix longivertebrata, cf. Neonatrix sp. (Colubridae), Vipera cf. ammodytes berus (Viperidae). A number of taxa {Eopelobates sp., Geckonidae indet., Eryx sp., cf. Neonatrix sp., Vipera cf. ammodytes and V. cf.fenw)are reported for the first dme from the Hungarian Neogene. The composition of the fauna suggests mild and wet climate and a diversified paleoenvironment, with a water source in the area, which permitted the co-occurrence of a number of extinct and extant genera during the accumulation of the sediments.

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