Reptilia - Squamata - Crotalidae

Alternative combination: Vipera (Daboia) ukrainica

Full reference: G. A. Zerova. 1992. Vipera (Daboia) ukrainica – a new viper (Serpentes; Viperidae) from the Middle Sarmatian (Upper Miocene) of the Ukraine. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 184(2):235-249

Belongs to Vipera (Macrovipera) according to G. A. Zerova 1993

See also Zerova 1992

Sister taxa: Macrovipera gedulyi, Vipera (Macrovipera) sarmatica

Type specimen: IZAN 22-1786, a maxilla. Its type locality is Gritsev, which is in a Vallesian fissure fill horizon in Ukraine.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Gritsev

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