Griesbeckerzell 1b
Basic information
Sample name: Griesbeckerzell 1b

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
Formation: Unterneul

Time interval: Middle Miocene

Zone: MN5

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

Environment
Lithology: limestone

Taphonomic context: fissure fill

Methods
Life forms: snakes

Sample size: 11 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: 4467

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: Nicholas Vine

Modifier no: Nicholas Vine

Created: 2024-11-14 10:13:15

Modified: 2024-11-14 11:23:29

Abundance distribution
5 species
3 singletons
total count 11
geometric series index: 17.0
Fisher's α: 3.538
geometric series k: 0.6687
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6636
Shannon's H: 1.3667
Good's u: 0.7273
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Boinae cf. Bavarioboa sp.5
Python sp.1
Coluber cf. caspioides1
"Coluber"
Colubrinae gen. et sp. indet.1
Vipera sp.3
Vipera sp.("Oriental vipers group") or Daboia sp.