APPENDIX
The fossil record of late Miocene lissamphibians and squamate reptiles from the northern border of Eastern Paratethys.
The fossil localities included are from the Republic of Moldova: Bushor 1 (MN 9), Cioburciu (MN 11), Cimislia (MN 12); Romania: Crețești (MN 9), Fălciu-Prut 1 (MN 11-12); Russia: Gaverdovsky (MN 11), Volchaya Balka (MN 11), Sonechnodolsk (MN 13); and Ukraine: Gritsev (MN 9), Cherevichnoje (MN 12).
The faunal lists from the included localities are based on the work of several authors, as it follows: Bushor 1 (Chkhikvadze and Lungu, 1973; Zerova and Chkhikvadze, 1984), Cherevichnoje - lower level (Chkhikvadze, 1984; Zerova and Chkhikvadze, 1984; Szyndlar and Zerova, 1992), Crețești (Codrea et al., 2017), Cioburciu (Lungu and Delinschi, 2006; Delinschi, 2009), Cimislia (Delinschi, 2008, 2009), Fălciu (this paper), Gaverdovsky (Tesakov et al., 2017; Syromyatnikova, 2017a, 2018), Gritsev (Zerova, 1987, 1989, 1992; Szyndlar and Zerova, 1990; Ivanov, 1999; Vasilyan et al., 2013; Roček et al., 2014; Vasilyan and Yanenko, 2020), Solnechnodolsk (Syromyatnikova, 2017b; Čerňanský et al., 2018; Čerňanský and Syromyatnikova, 2019, 2021), Volchaya Balka (Syromyatnikova, 2017, 2018; Tesakov et al., 2017; Syromyatnikova and Roček, 2019). For a more complete faunal list from these localities and references see wahre-staerke. com.
APPENDIX FIGURE 1. Late Miocene localities (MN 9 -13) from the northern border of Eastern Paratethys.
APPENDIX TABLE 1. The fossil record of amphibians and squamate reptiles.
| Localities Taxa/Age |
Grit MN 9 |
Bush MN 9 |
Creț MN 9 |
Gave MN 11 |
VolB MN 11 |
Ciob MN 11 |
Fălc MN 11-12 |
Cher MN 12 |
Cimi MN 12 |
Soln MN 13 |
| Andrias scheuchzeri | + | |||||||||
| Ukrainurus hypsognathus | + | |||||||||
| Palaeoproteus miocenicus | + | |||||||||
| Mioproteus caucasicus | + | + | + | + | ||||||
| Mioproteus sp. | + | + | ||||||||
| Chelotriton cf. paradoxus | + | + | + | |||||||
| Chelotriton sp. | + | |||||||||
| Lissotriton sp. | + | |||||||||
| Triturus cristatus | + | |||||||||
| Triturus cf. marmoratus | + | |||||||||
| Triturus sp. | + | |||||||||
| Salamandridae indet. | + | |||||||||
| Bombina cf. bombina | + | |||||||||
| Latonia caucasica | + | |||||||||
| Latonia cf. seyfriedi | + | |||||||||
| Latonia sp. | + | + | ||||||||
| Palaeobatrachus sp. | + | + | + | |||||||
| Eopelobates cf. bayeri | + | + | ||||||||
| Eopelobates sp. | + | |||||||||
| Pelobates sp. | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | |||
| Pelobates aff. praefuscus | + | |||||||||
| Bufotes viridis | + | + | ||||||||
| Bufo sp. | + | + | ||||||||
| Bufonidae indet. | + | |||||||||
| Hyla sp. | + | + | ||||||||
| Pelophylax gr. ridibundus | + | + | ||||||||
| Pelophylax sp. | + | + | ||||||||
| Rana sp. | + | + | + | |||||||
| Gekkonidae indet. | + | |||||||||
| Agamidae indet. | + | |||||||||
| Amphisbaenidae indet. | + | |||||||||
| Chalcides sp. | + | + | ||||||||
| Scincidae indet. | + | |||||||||
| Lacerta sp. (s.l.) | + | + | + | |||||||
| Lacerta cf. trilineata | + | |||||||||
| Lacertidae indet. | + | |||||||||
| Heremites cf. vittatus | + | |||||||||
| Anguis sp. | + | + | ||||||||
| Anguis cf. varus | + | |||||||||
| Ophisaurus sp. | + | + | + | + | + | |||||
| Ophisaurus cf. spinari | + | |||||||||
| Pseudopus pannonicus | + | + | + | + | ||||||
| Anguidae indet. | + | |||||||||
| Varanus sp. | + | + | ||||||||
| Scolecophidia indet. | + | + | ||||||||
| Albaneryx volynicus | + | |||||||||
| Bransateryx sp. | + | |||||||||
| Eryx sp. | + | |||||||||
| Coronella sp. | + | |||||||||
| Coronella cf. miocaenica | + | |||||||||
| Coluber sp. | + | |||||||||
| Hierophis sp. | + | + | + | |||||||
| Elaphe sp. | + | + | + | |||||||
| Elaphe cf. kochfidischi | + | |||||||||
| Colubridae indet. | + | + | + | |||||||
| Natricinae indet. | + | |||||||||
| Natrix sp. | + | + | + | + | ||||||
| Natrix cf. longivertebrata | + | |||||||||
| Naja romani | + | + | ||||||||
| Crotalinae indet. | + | |||||||||
| Macrovipera sp. | + | + | ||||||||
| Vipera berus | + | |||||||||
| Vipera ukrainica | + | |||||||||
| Vipera meotica | + | |||||||||
| Vipera sp. | + | + | + |
Abbreviations used in the Table 1: Bush (Bushor 1), Cher (Cherevichnoje), Creț (Crețești), Ciob (Cioburciu), Cimi (Cimislia), Fălc (Fălciu-Prut 1), Gave (Gaverdovsky), Grit (Gritsev), Soln (Solnechnodolsk), VolB (Volchaya Balka).
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