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Anguidae

Anguidae

Vasilyan, Čerňanský, Szyndlar & Mörs, 2022

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Description. Caudal vertebra: The caudal vertebrae (Fig. 16 A-E) are elongate and narrow. Both pre- and postzygapophyses are small; thus, there is a typical tendency toward the elongation of the centra in caudal vertebrae and a relative reduction of all processes. The cotyle and condyle are dorsoventrally depressed. The neural canal is a tunnel-like structure here. The haemapophyses are fused to the posterior portion of the centrum, but, unfortunately, their ends are broken off. Only the bases of the anteroventrally oriented transverse processes (pleurapophyses) are preserved, being dorsoventrally slightly flattened. They are pierced by a foramen. The distal portions are, however, broken off. The neural spine is posterodorsally oriented, rather slim and pointed. The transverse autotomic split is present.
Vasilyan, Davit, Cernansky, Andrej, Szyndlar, Zbigniew, Moers, Thomas (2022): Amphibian and reptilian fauna from the early Miocene of Echzell, Germany. Fossil Record 25 (1): 99-145, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/fr.25.83781, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/fr.25.83781
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Vasilyan, Davit, Cernansky, Andrej, Szyndlar, Zbigniew, Moers, Thomas (2022): Amphibian and reptilian fauna from the early Miocene of Echzell, Germany. Fossil Record 25 (1): 99-145, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/fr.25.83781, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/fr.25.83781
Material. Four caudal vertebrae HLMD-Ez 1981 - 1984, 73 osteoderms HLMD-Ez 1985 - 1987 (figured ones), HLMD-Ez 1988 (the remaining osteoderms).
Vasilyan, Davit, Cernansky, Andrej, Szyndlar, Zbigniew, Moers, Thomas (2022): Amphibian and reptilian fauna from the early Miocene of Echzell, Germany. Fossil Record 25 (1): 99-145, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/fr.25.83781, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/fr.25.83781

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Figure 16. Anguidae indet. from the Echzell locality. Caudal vertebra HLMD-Ez 1981 in (A) anterior, (B) posterior, (C) lateral, (D) dorsal and (E) ventral views. Osteoderms HLMD-Ez 1985 (G), HLMD-Ez 1986 (E) and HLMD-Ez 1987 (I) in (F, H, I) external and (G) internal views.

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Amphibian and reptilian fauna from the early Miocene of Echzell, Germany

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This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Vasilyan, Davit, Cernansky, Andrej, Szyndlar, Zbigniew, Moers, Thomas (2022): Amphibian and reptilian fauna from the early Miocene of Echzell, Germany. Fossil Record 25 (1): 99-145, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/fr.25.83781, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/fr.25.83781

Vasilyan D, Cernansky A, Szyndlar Z, Moers T, pensoft (2022). Amphibian and reptilian fauna from the early Miocene of Echzell, Germany. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/fvb6q2 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-17.

CC0Published 5/10/2022View dataset
GBIF Usage Key
203870961
Dataset Key
879a081e-5c23-41a3-b500-84ae793fb677
Origin
source
Backbone Key
9198
Taxon ID
FF69E9F7FD8C51E4A2EEB13293164477.taxon
Last Crawled
6/9/2026
Last Interpreted
6/9/2026