Vipera antiqua Szyndlar 1987 (pit viper)

Reptilia - Squamata - Crotalidae

Full reference: Z. Szyndlar. 1987. Snakes from the Lower Miocene Locality of Dolnice (Czechoslovakia). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 7(1):55-71

Belongs to Vipera according to Z. Szyndlar 1987

Sister taxa: Coluber kargii, Vipera (Daboia), Vipera (Macrovipera), Vipera (Pelias), Vipera (Vipera), Vipera burgenlandica, Vipera gedulyi, Vipera latastei, Vipera maghrebiana, Vipera maxima, Vipera natiensis, Vipera platyspondyla

Type specimen: DP FNSP 4538, a set of vertebrae (a single trunk vertebra). Its type locality is Dolnice, which is in a MN 4 fluvial-lacustrine siltstone/marl in the Czech Republic.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Miocene of the Czech Republic (1 collection), Germany (2)

Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences

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