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IVANOV, Martin. Miocene Snakes of Eurasia: A Review of the Evolution of Snake Communities. Online. In David J. Gower, Hussam Zaher. The Origin and Early Evolutionary History of Snakes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022, p. 85-110. ISBN 978-1-108-93889-1. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108938891.007.

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Original name	Miocene Snakes of Eurasia: A Review of the Evolution of Snake Communities
Authors	IVANOV, Martin (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition	Cambridge, The Origin and Early Evolutionary History of Snakes, p. 85-110, 26 pp. 2022.
Publisher	Cambridge University Press

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Original language	English
Type of outcome	Chapter(s) of a specialized book
Field of Study	10506 Paleontology
Country of publisher	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree	is not subject to a state or trade secret
Publication form	electronic version available online
WWW	URL
RIV identification code	RIV/00216224:14310/22:00126513
Organization unit	Faculty of Science
ISBN	978-1-108-93889-1
Doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108938891.007
Keywords in English	fossils; evolution; systematics; palaeoenvironment; palaeogeography; extinction; stratigraphy; palaeoclimate; Neogene; Cenozoic
Tags	topvydavatel
Tags	International impact, Reviewed
Changed by	Changed by: Mgr. Marie Šípková, DiS., učo 437722. Changed: 25/8/2022 14:00.

Abstract
Eurasian Miocene snake taxa, localities, stratigraphy, palaeogeography, and palaeoenvironment are reviewed. Palaeogeographic evolution of Paratethys facilitated communication between European and Asiatic faunas since the early Oligocene, with at least two main routes from Asia or Africa into Europe. The early Burdigalian saw spreading of non-erycid Booidea and the first ‘Oriental vipers’ in Europe, which dispersed substantially within Eurasia during late Ottnangian warming. This warm climate, culminating as the Miocene Climatic Optimum, was associated with the middle Burdigalian first appearance of highly thermophilic Naja and Python in Europe. Python disappeared in Europe at the end of the Langhian due to rapid cooling, but Naja and ‘Oriental vipers’ persisted until the late Pliocene and early Pleistocene, respectively. Communication among mid-latitude Asian and European assemblages occurred across the early–middle Miocene, but this Eurasian fauna was heterogeneous, at least since the middle Miocene. Miocene S and SE Asian snakes resemble those of today. Increasing end-Miocene aridity and Eurasia–Africa connection facilitated invasion into Eurasia of African and SW Asian taxa.

Abstract

Eurasian Miocene snake taxa, localities, stratigraphy, palaeogeography, and palaeoenvironment are reviewed. Palaeogeographic evolution of Paratethys facilitated communication between European and Asiatic faunas since the early Oligocene, with at least two main routes from Asia or Africa into Europe. The early Burdigalian saw spreading of non-erycid Booidea and the first ‘Oriental vipers’ in Europe, which dispersed substantially within Eurasia during late Ottnangian warming. This warm climate, culminating as the Miocene Climatic Optimum, was associated with the middle Burdigalian first appearance of highly thermophilic Naja and Python in Europe. Python disappeared in Europe at the end of the Langhian due to rapid cooling, but Naja and ‘Oriental vipers’ persisted until the late Pliocene and early Pleistocene, respectively. Communication among mid-latitude Asian and European assemblages occurred across the early–middle Miocene, but this Eurasian fauna was heterogeneous, at least since the middle Miocene. Miocene S and SE Asian snakes resemble those of today. Increasing end-Miocene aridity and Eurasia–Africa connection facilitated invasion into Eurasia of African and SW Asian taxa.