Table 2. Overview of amphibian and reptilian faunas from MN3-MN4 sites. Each large taxonomic group is highlighted in different color. The herpetofaunistic record follows for: Wintershof West - Böhme and Ilg (2003); Ahníkov 1 (= Merkur North) - Čerňanský (2010a), Čerňanský and Bauer (2010), Čerňanský et al. (2015), Klembara et al. (2010), Villa and Delfino (2019a, b); Oberdorf - Čerňanský (2016), Čerňanský et al. (2020b), Sanchíz (1998), Szyndlar (1998), Villa and Delfino (2019a); Petersbuch 2 - Čerňanský (2011), Ivanov (2001), Klembara et al. (2010), Szyndlar and Schleich (1993), Szyndlar and Rage (2002), Szyndlar and Rage (2003), Villa and Delfino (2019a), Villa et al. (2018); Echzell - present study; Mokrá-W Q 1/2001 and Mokrá-W Q 2/ 2001 - Ivanov (2008), Ivanov et al. (2020); Dolnice - Böhme and Ilg (2003), Čerňanský (2010b), Fejfar and Roček (1986), Klembara (2015), Szyndlar (1987), Villa and Delfino (2019a); Erkertshofen 1 - Klembara et al. (2010); Beon 1 - Rage and Bailon (2005); Rembach - Klembara et al. (2010); Forsthart - Klembara et al. (2010). The ecophysiological indices for Echzell assemblage are given for each taxon as well as the calculated precipitation values and errors are calculated according to Böhme et al. (2006). taxonWintershof WestAhníkov 1 (=Merkur North)OberdorfPetersbuch 2EchzellMokrá-W Q 1/2001Mokrá-W Q 2/2001DolniceErkertshofen 1Béon 1RembachForsthartMN3aMN 3aMN4MN4aMN4MN4MN4MN 4bMN 4bMN 4bMN 4bMN 4bAllocaudataAlbanerpetonidaeAlbanerpeton inexpectatum+cf.++0.0917+UrodelaCryptobranchidaeAndrias scheuchzeri+ProteidaeMioproteus sp.+SalamandridaeSalamandrina sp.+Chioglossa meini+++Chioglossa sp.+0.9768Mertensiella mera+Mertensiella sp.+++0.9768+Salamandra sansaniensis++++Salamandra sp.0.3918Chelotriton paradoxus++Chelotriton aff. pliocaenicus+Chelotriton sp.+++0.3918+cf.Chelotriton sp. 1++Chelotriton sp. 2++Triturus cf. marmoratus+++Triturus ex. gr. cristatus+Triturus (Triturus marmoratus group) sp.+Lissotriton cf. helveticus++Lissotriton roehsi+++Lissotriton aff. roehsi+Lissotriton sp.0.3918Triturus / Lissotriton sp.+Triturus aff. vittatus+Ichthyosaura alpestrisIchthyosaura wintershofi+AnuraAlytidaeLatonia gigantea+Latonia ragei++++Latonia cf. ragei++Latonia sp.0.3918PalaeobatrachidaePalaeobatrachus robustus1Palaeobatrachus sp.++Palaeobatrachidae sp. 1+Palaeobatrachidae sp. 2+BufonidaeBufo sp.+Bufotes (cf.) Bufotes viridis++RanidaePelophylax sync esculenta++Pelophylax sp.+++0.513+++Rana sp.+0.3918+PelodytidaePelodytes sp.++++PelobatidaeEopelobates sp.+++Pelobates sanchizi+0.0917++Pelobates sp.++++Pelobates sp. nov.+HylidaeHyla sp.++CrocodyliaDiplocynodon sp.+++TestudinesPtychogaster sp.+++++Ptychogaster buechelbergense+cf.Testudo rectangularis+Testudo sp.+++++Geochelone / Ergilemys sp.++aff. Clemmydopsis sp.+SerpentesColubridaeNatrix longivertebrata+cf.Natrix merkurensis+aff.SerpentesColubridaeNatrix sansaniensis+++Natrix sp.++cf. Neonatrix sp.++Palaeonatrix lehmani++aff.Neonatrix nova+Neonatrix europaea+Neonatrix natricoides+Palaeonatrix sp.+Natricinae indet.++++Coluber caspioides+cf.+Coluber dolnicensis++Coluber pouchetii+Coluber suevicus+Coluber sp.++Texasophis meini+Texasophis bohemicus+Elaphe sp.+Colubrinae indet.++Colubrinae indet. 1++Colubrinae indet.++Colubrinae indet. A+Colubrinae indet. B+Colubridae indet.+++Colubroidea indet.+ViperidaeVipera antiqua++Vipera platyspondyla++Vipera aspis complex+Daboia /oriental Vipera complex+Viper sp.+++Viperidae indet.++Viperinae indet.++ElapidaeNaja romani+Naja cf. romani+Micrurus gallicus++Elapidae indet.+++Elapidae / Natricinae indet.+BoidaeBavarioboa hermi+++Bavarioboa cf. hermi0.0917+Bavarioboa sp.+cf. Bavarioboa sp.+Pyton europaeus+Pyton sp.+Falseryx petersbuchi+Bransateryx septentrionalis++Bransateryx sp.Scolecophidia indet.+AniliidaeEoanilus sp.+Serpentes indet.++IguaniaChamaeleonidaeChamaeleo sp.++Chamaeleo andrusovi0.0917+Chamaeleo caroliquarti+++Chamaeleonidae indet.+?++GekkotaGekkonidaeEuleptes gallica+Gekkota indet.+++0.0917++AmphisbaeniaBlanidaeBlanus sp.++Blanus thomaskelleri+AmphisbaenidaeAmphisbaenidae indet.++Amphisbaenia indet.+LacertiformataLacertidaeLacerta cf. L. poncenatensis+Lacerta ex. gr. L. viridis+Lacerta sp.++++++Lacerta sp. 1++Lacerta sp. 2++Miolacerta tenuis+Miolacerta sp.++Janoskia sp.+Ambyolacerta dolnicensis+LacertiformataLacertidaeAmbyolacerta sp.+Lacertidae indet.++0+++++Lacertidae indet. 1+Lacertidae indet. 2+Lacertoidea indet.+ScinciformataScincidaeEumeces sp.+Bavariascincus mabuyaformis+++Chalcides augei+cf. Chalcides sp.0Scincidae indet.++++CordylidaePalaeocodylus bohemicus+aff. Palaeocodylus bohemicus+Cordylidae indet.?++Scincoidea indet.++AnguimorphaVaranidaeVaranus mokrensis++Varanus hofmanni+Varanus sp.++cf. Varanus Varanus sp.+ShinisauridaeMerkurosaurus ornatus+Shinisauridae indet.+AnguidaePseudopus laurillardi+++++Pseudopus confertus+Pseudopus ahnikoviensis++Pseudopus sp.++++++Smithosaurus echzellensis+Anguis sp.+Ophisaurus fejfari++Ophisaurus cf. O. fejfari+Ophisaurus spinari++Ophisaurus cf. O. spinari+Ophisaurus robustus+Ophisaurus aff. O. robustus+Ophisaurus holeci++Ophisaurus sp.+++++++Ophisaurus sp. 1+++Ophisaurus sp. 2+++Anguinae indet.+++Anguidae indet.++++Squamata indet.+Squamata indet. 1+Squamata indet. 2+Squamata indet. 3+average ecophysiological index0.344MAP791recent MAP (in mm)63095 % prediction interval - error (in mm)254(near) city/town of the value or recent MAPFrankfurt a. M.MAP/MAPrecent (in %)125.5036157

Published as part of Vasilyan, Davit, Cernansky, Andrej, Szyndlar, Zbigniew & Moers, Thomas, 2022, Amphibian and reptilian fauna from the early Miocene of Echzell, Germany, pp. 99 in Fossil Record 25 (1) on page 99, DOI: 10.3897/fr.25.83781