Chioglossa sp.

Vasilyan, Davit, Cernansky, Andrej, Szyndlar, Zbigniew & Moers, Thomas, 2022, Amphibian and reptilian fauna from the early Miocene of Echzell, Germany, Fossil Record 25 (1), pp. 99-145 : 99

Chioglossa sp.

Fig. 3H-I

Material.

Ten trunk vertebrae, HLMD-Ez 2042-2045.

Description and remarks.

The vertebra morphology is nearly identical to Mertensiella sp. The following differences from it can be observed on the available material: 1) the lack or extremely poor development of the posterior alar process (vs. rather well-developed in Mertensiella ); 2) the anterior zygapophyseal crest is well developed (vs. absent in Mertensiella ) ( Sanchíz and Młynarski 1979; Hodrová 1984; Ivanov 2008). The orientation of the dia- and parapophysis, the shape of the pterygapophyses have been mentioned as further characters allowing to distinguish these two genera ( Hodrová 1984; Sanchíz 1998). However, due to poor preservation of the material, neither these characters can be evaluated nor any further identification at the species level can be done.

Lissotriton Bell, 1839

Figures

Figure 3. Vertebrae of Chioglossa sp. (A, B. HLMD-Ez 2042; C, D. HLMD-Ez 2043; F, G. HLMD-Ez 2044; E. HLMD-Ez 2043) and Mertensiella sp. (H, I. HLDM-Ez 2039) from the Echzell locality in (A, C, E, H) dorsal, (B, D, F) lateral and (D, G, I) ventral views. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.