Sibnica 1 (Miocene of Serbia and Montenegro)

Where: Serbia, Serbia and Montenegro (43.3° N, 21.2° E: paleocoordinates 42.4° N, 20.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: MN 4 mammal zone, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; brown, gray, yellow claystone and sandy, carbonaceous claystone

• The Sibnica 1 and 2 fossil localities are at short distance from the original locality. These sites were sampled in 1997–2011. The host rock of the fossil mammals is composed of brownish-grey and yellowish clays. It is intercalated between the grey sandy-clays, coal-bearing clays with pieces of carbonized tree trunks and brownish-grey coal-bearing clays.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: S. Kneżević, A. van de Weerd, and Z. Marković. 2016. Overview of the geology of the Levač basin and the fossil mammal and the fossil plants localities in the Sibnica area (Central Serbia). In Z. Marković and M. Milivojević (eds.), Special Issue of the Natural History Museum in Belgrade: Life on the Shore - geological and palaeontological research in the Neogene of Sibnica and vicinity (Levač Basin, Central Serbia) Part 1 11-20 [T. Cleary/T. Cleary]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 199780: authorized by Terri Cleary, entered by Terri Cleary on 15.02.2019

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Taxonomic list

• Duric states that "The composition of the [herpeto-]fauna from [Sibnica 1, 2 and 4] is taxonomically pretty similar.", but does not specify where each taxon in their list comes from. Therefore all taxa they mention are included in all three collections until new literature says otherwise.
unclassified
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Amphibia
 Salientia -
Latonia cf. gigantea Lartet 1851 frog
Ilium (NHMBEO NH 017229/1-2), urostyl (NHMBEO NH 017231)
 Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpeton cf. inexpectatum Estes and Hoffstetter 1976 tetrapod
Note that some of these herp specimens may be from Sibnica 2 or 4, paper is unclear. Premaxillae (NHMBEO NH 017226/1-5), dentary (NHMBEO NH 017227/1-6, NHMBEO NH 019234/1-4), frontale (NHMBEO NH 017225/1-5 NHMBEO NH 019233/1-2).
Reptilia
 Squamata - Colubridae
Colubridae indet. Oppel 1811 colubrid snake
badly preserved vertebrae
 Squamata - Viperidae
Viperidae indet. Oppel 1811 viper
badly preserved vertebrae
 Squamata - Anguidae
Pseudopus sp. Merrem 1820 legless lizard
maxilla fragment (NHMBEO NH 016220), osteoderms (NHMBEO NH 016235, NHMBEO NH 017236, NHMBEO NH 019237)
 Squamata - Chamaeleonidae
Chamaeleonidae indet. Gray 1825 chameleon
dentary fragments (NHMBEO NH 016219/1-6, NHMBEO NH 016223/1-4, NHMBEO NH 017232/1-15)
 Squamata -
Gekkota indet. Cuvier 1817 squamates
small fragments of jaw bones
Mammalia
 Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae
Rhinolophidae indet. Gray 1825 horseshoe bat
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Desmanella sp. Engesser 1972 mole
Myxomygale sp. Filhol 1890 mole
Talpa sp. Linnaeus 1758 mole
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Dinosorex sp. Engesser 1972 shrew
Heterosorex sp. Gaillard 1915 shrew
Florinia sp. Ziegler 1989 shrew
Lartetium sp. Ziegler 1989 shrew
 Theriamorpha - Plesiosoricidae
Plesiosorex sp. Pomel 1848 placental
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Galerix exilis de Blainville 1839 hedgehog
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceoidae
Chainodus sp. Ziegler 1990 placental
Plesiodimylus sp. Gaillard 1897 placental
 Rodentia - Spalacidae
Heramys aff. eviensis Klein Hofmeijer and de Bruijn 1985 mouse
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Democricetodon mutilus Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
Eumyarion cf. weinfurteri Schaub and Zapfe 1953 mouse
 Rodentia - Anomalomyidae
Anomalomys minor Fejfar 1972 rodent
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Bransatoglis aff. astaracensis Baudelot 1970 dormouse
Glirulus ekremi Unay 1994 Japanese dormouse
Glirulus werenfelsi Engesser 1972 Japanese dormouse
Glirulus lissiensis Hugueney and Mein 1965 Japanese dormouse
Glis minor Kowalski 1963 dormouse
Seorsumuscardinus alpinus de Bruijn 1998 dormouse
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Miopetaurista cf. dehmi de Bruijn et al. 1980 squirrel
Blackia miocaenica Mein 1970 squirrel
Aliveria aff. luteyni de Bruijn et al. 1980 squirrel
 Rodentia - Eomyidae