Reptilia - Squamata - Viperidae

Full reference: R. Owen. 1857. On the fossil vertebrae of a Serpent (Laophis crotaloides, Ow.) discovered by Capt. Spratt, R.N., in a tertiary formation at Salonica. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 13:196-199

Parent taxon: Viperidae according to G. L. Georgalis et al. 2016

See also Owen 1857 and Rage 1984

Sister taxa: Bothrops, Provipera, Provipera boettgeri

Subtaxa: Laophis crotaloides

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Karaburun (Pliocene of Greece)

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