Reptilia - Squamata - Crotalidae
Full reference: S. Bailon, J. Garcia-Porta, and J. Quintana-Cardona. 2002. Première découverte de Viperidae (Reptilia, Serpentes) dans les îles Baléares (Espagne): des vipères du Néogène de Minorque. Description d’une nouvelle espèce du Pliocène [The first record of viperid snakes (Reptilia, Serpentes) from the Balearic Islands (Spain): fossils from the Neogene, with description of a new species from the Pliocene] . Comptes Rendus Palevol 1(4):227-234
Belongs to Vipera according to S. Bailon et al. 2002
Sister taxa: Coluber kargii, Vipera (Daboia), Vipera (Macrovipera), Vipera (Pelias), Vipera (Vipera), Vipera antiqua, Vipera burgenlandica, Vipera gedulyi, Vipera latastei, Vipera maghrebiana, Vipera maxima, Vipera platyspondyla
Type specimen: Nati-12 no. 1362, a set of vertebrae (a single trunk vertebra, probably of mid-trunk region). Its type locality is Punta Nati, Site 12, which is in a Pliocene karst mudstone in Spain.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Spain (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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