Reptilia - Squamata - Viperidae
From Georgalis et al. 2016: No catalogue number formally designated (Owen 1857) and the original material is now lost (Rage 1984; Szyndlar 1991; Szyndlar and Rage 2002). Our attempt to relocate the type material of L. crotaloides was not successful as well: the type material is not listed in the catalogues of the Natural History Museum in London () and apparently it is not present in the collections (S. Chapman, pers. comm. to M.D.).
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
Belongs to Laophis according to G. L. Georgalis et al. 2016
See also Owen 1857 and Rage 1984
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NHM no unknown (probably lost), a set of vertebrae (13 precloacal vertebrae). Its type locality is Karaburun, which is in the Ruscinian of horizon Greece.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Karaburun
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