FIG. 14.— A in Snakes from Griesbeckerzell (Langhian, Early Badenian), North Alpine Foreland Basin (Germany), with comments on the evolution of snake faunas in Central Europe during the Miocene Climatic Optimum

FIG. 14.— A, Vipera sp. ("Oriental vipers" group) or Daboia sp. from the Middle Miocene (late MN 5) of Griesbeckerzell 1b; trunk vertebra (BSPG 1997 XIII 646) in lateral (l), dorsal (d), ventral (v), cranial (cr), and caudal (ca) views; B, Vipera sp. ("Oriental vipers" group) from the Middle Miocene (MN 6, base) of the Griesbeckerzell 1a; trunk vertebra (BSPG 1997 XIII 656) in dorsal (d) ventral (v), and cranial (cr) views. Abbreviations: see Figures 4, 6, 7 & 13.