Late Miocene amphibians and reptiles: new insight into the pre-Messinian herpetofaunas in Turkey

Syromyatnikova, Elena V.; Mayda, Serdar; Tesakov, Alexey S.

doi:10.1080/08912963.2021.1994560

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“…However, only additional and more complete specimens from the area can shed light on the chameleon evolution and the taxonomic diversity of this clade in Anatolia during the Miocene. As for the remaining squamates described herein, their fragmentary nature does not afford much biogeographic information but nevertheless they substantially add to the so far poor Miocene fossil record of squamates from Anatolia (see C ̌ernǎnský, Vasilyan, et al, 2017;Georgalis et al, 2018;Syromyatnikova et al, 2019Syromyatnikova et al, , 2022Vasilyan et al, 2019;Georgalis, Mayda, et al, 2020).…”

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The antiquity of Asian chameleons—first potential Chamaeleonidae and associated squamate fauna from the Lower and Middle Miocene of Anatolia

Georgalis

Čerňanský

Göktaş

et al. 2022

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

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We here describe fossil remains from three Lower and Middle Miocene localities of Anatolia, which we tentatively refer to chamaeleonids. The material comprises isolated tooth-bearing bones from the Early Miocene (MN 3) of Sabuncubeli (western Anatolia), the Early Miocene (MN 4) of Dededağ(western Anatolia), and the Middle Miocene (MN 5) of the world-renowned hominoid locality of Pasalar (northwestern Anatolia). If our identifications are correct, these specimens would represent the only fossil record of this group from Anatolia as well as the oldest occurrences of chameleons from Asia. Moreover, the recovery of these specimens across different Lower and Middle Miocene localities, suggest that these animals were a typical element of the Anatolian herpetofaunas of the early Neogene. Differences among the specimens from the three localities point to a higher taxonomic diversity of Miocene Anatolian chamaeleonids, however, based on such limited material, intraspecific or ontogenetic variation cannot be ruled out. The oldest among these occurrences, the Sabuncubeli material, coincides chronologically with the oldest chameleons, which had been previously described from Central Europe (MN 3). As such, this supports the recently suggested biogeographic scenario, according to which chamaeleonids dispersed from Afro-Arabia to Europe during the Burdigalian, via the "Gomphotherium Landbridge," through Anatolia and the Balkans. Finally, a few additional lizard and snake remains from the locality of Dededağare described, adding to the poorly known fossil herpetofaunas of Anatolia.

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The antiquity of Asian chameleons—first potential Chamaeleonidae and associated squamate fauna from the Lower and Middle Miocene of Anatolia

Georgalis

Čerňanský

Göktaş

et al. 2022

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

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The rise and fall of the Iberian cobras (Elapidae, Naja) in the context of their European and global fossil record

Villa,

Quadros,

Delfino

et al. 2024

Papers in Palaeontology

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Very few remains of elapid snakes are known from the Iberian Peninsula, but these include a probable endemic extinct species of cobra, Naja iberica from the Late Miocene. We here describe isolated cobra vertebrae from several Middle–Late Miocene localities in the Vallès‐Penedès Basin (Catalonia, Spain). All of these fossils are herein referred to an indeterminate species of the genus Naja. These remains are the first conclusive evidence that cobras were present in Iberia before the Messinian Salinity Crisis, and that they persisted there throughout the Miocene (and ultimately until the Pliocene). Recently, a phylogeny of extinct Naja based on cranial and vertebral morphology recognized N. iberica as a distinct lineage separate from the Central European one, represented mainly by Naja romani. However, due to taxonomic uncertainties, it is still unclear whether Iberian cobras were all part of a single lineage or whether several Naja lineages inhabited the Iberian Peninsula. They went extinct in Iberia before the end of the Pliocene. In the Vallès‐Penedès Basin, cobras were living in a mosaic environment, surviving through different phases characterized by different environmental features.

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Fossil lizards and snakes (Diapsida, Squamata) from the Late Miocene hominid locality of Haritalyangar, India

Singh

Deep²,

Čerňanský³

et al. 2022

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Late Miocene amphibians and reptiles: new insight into the pre-Messinian herpetofaunas in Turkey

Cited by 3 publications

References 33 publications

The antiquity of Asian chameleons—first potential Chamaeleonidae and associated squamate fauna from the Lower and Middle Miocene of Anatolia

The antiquity of Asian chameleons—first potential Chamaeleonidae and associated squamate fauna from the Lower and Middle Miocene of Anatolia

The rise and fall of the Iberian cobras (Elapidae, Naja) in the context of their European and global fossil record

Fossil lizards and snakes (Diapsida, Squamata) from the Late Miocene hominid locality of Haritalyangar, India

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