Amphibians and reptiles from the Neogene of Afghanistan
Author
Lapparent, France de
Author
Bailon, Salvador
Author
Augé, Marc Louis
Author
Rage, Jean-Claude
text
Geodiversitas
2020
2020-09-17
42
22
409
426
journal article
10.5252/geodiversitas2020v42a22
99b2432e-c149-4b82-a584-4b33d116d198
1638-9395
4447648
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:07001ACA-EBDE-4256-BCB9-55E3159F81DC
COLUBRIDAE
gen. et sp. indet. B
LOCALITY AND AGE. — Pul-E Charkhi,
Kabul
basin,
Afghanistan
, earliest Pliocene, early Ruscinian, MN 13/14.
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Three fragmentary vertebrae (AFG 1678).
COMMENTS
The vertebrae are represented by centra. On one of them, the haemal keel is well-preserved; its elongate, spatulate shape suggests that this fragment of vertebra belongs to a colubrid snake. The two other fragments apparently belong to the same taxon.