COLUBRIDAE, Oppel, 1811

Ivanov, Martin & Böhme, Madelaine, 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), pp. 411-449 : 432-433

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/g2011n3a2
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scientific name	COLUBRIDAE
status

Treatment

COLUBRIDAE gen. et sp. indet.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 17 precaudal vertebrae ( BSPG 1997 XIII 616-632), 9 caudal vertebrae ( BSPG 1997 XIII 633-641).

LOCALITY. — Griesbeckerzell 1a.

DESCRIPTION

The gracile overall morphology of the heavily damaged vertebrae, together with the presence of a vaulted neural arch and paracotylar foramina, allows identification at the family level only.

Family ELAPIDAE Boié, 1827

Genus Micrurus Wagler, 1824

TYPE SPECIES. — Micrurus spixi Wagler, 1824 .