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Vipera maxima

Reptilia - Crotalidae

Taxonomy
Vipera maxima was named by Szyndlar (1988). Its type specimen is MNCN 10032, a set of vertebrae (a single trunk vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Layna, Cerro Pelado, which is in a Ruscinian karst horizon in Spain.

It was recombined as Vipera (Daboia) maxima by Zerova (1992).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
V. aegertica, V. ursinii, V. kuchurganica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Vipera maxima Szyndlar p. 698 figs. 6, 7
1992Vipera (Daboia) maxima Zerova p. 247

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
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
speciesmaxima

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 maxima Szyndlar 1988
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Ruscinian or 5.09000 to 3.55000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ruscinian5.09 - 3.55Spain (Soria) Vipera maxima (type locality: 40548)