Griesbeckerzell 1a
Basic information
Sample name: Griesbeckerzell 1a

Reference: M. Ivanov and M. Böhme. 2011. Snakes from Griesbeckerzell (Langhian, Early Badenian), North Alpine Foreland Basin (Germany), with comments on the evolution of snake faunas in Central Europe during the Miocene Climatic Optimum. Geodiversitas 33(3):411-449 [ER 4034]
Geography
Country: Germany

State: Aichach


Coordinate: 48° 26' 37" N, 11° 2' 40" E
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Formation: Brock horizon

Time interval: Middle Miocene

Zone: MN6

Geography comments: "The abandoned sand pit of Griesbeckerzell is located approximately 6 km ESE of Aichach"

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Environment
Lithology: limestone

Taphonomic context: fissure fill

Habitat comments: "Lithostratigraphically they can be assigned to the younger part of the Fluviatile Untere Serie lithostratigraphic unit"

Methods
Life forms: snakes

Sample size: 150 specimens

Sampling comments: "The fossils of ophidians from Griesbeckerzell are kept in the collection of the Bayerische Staatssa- mmlung für Geologie und Paläontologie in Munich, Germany"

Metadata
Sample number: 4466

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: Nicholas Vine

Modifier no: Nicholas Vine

Created: 2024-11-14 10:12:57

Modified: 2024-11-14 11:23:39

Abundance distribution
15 species
3 singletons
total count 150
geometric series index: 22.1
Fisher's α: 4.149
geometric series k: 0.7843
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8765
Shannon's H: 2.2991
Good's u: 0.9800
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Register
†Bavarioboa aff. hermi3
Python sp.6
Boidae gen. et sp. indet.5
†Coluber cf. caspioides21
"Coluber"
†Coluber hungaricus10
Coluber sp.3
"Coluber"
†Texasophis cf. meini1
Colubrinae gen. et sp. indet.14
Natrix sp.30
Natricinae gen. et sp. indet.16
Colubridae gen. et sp. indet.26
†Micrurus cf. gallicus1
Elapidae indet.3
Vipera sp.10
“Oriental vipers” group
Vipera sp.1
"Vipera aspis" complex