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Vipera natiensis

Osteichthyes - Crotalidae

Taxonomy
Vipera natiensis was named by Bailon et al. (2002). Its type specimen is Nati-12 no. 1362, a set of vertebrae (a single trunk vertebra, probably of mid-trunk region), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Punta Nati, Site 12, which is in a Pliocene karst mudstone in Spain.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Vipera natiensis Bailon et al. p. 230 fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
infraorderAlethinophidia
superfamilyColubroidea
familyCrotalidae()
subfamilyViperinae
genusVipera
speciesnatiensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Vipera natiensis Bailon et al. 2002
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Pliocene or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Spain (Balearic Islands) Vipera natiensis (136065)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Spain (Balearic Islands) Vipera natiensis (type locality: 136229)