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Vipera (Macrovipera)
Taxonomy
Macrovipera was named by Reuss (1927).
It was reranked as Vipera (Macrovipera) by Zerova (1993).
It was assigned to Vipera by Zerova (1993); and to Viperidae by Venczel and Stiuca (2008).
It was reranked as Vipera (Macrovipera) by Zerova (1993).
It was assigned to Vipera by Zerova (1993); and to Viperidae by Venczel and Stiuca (2008).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1927 | Macrovipera Reuss |
| 1993 | Vipera (Macrovipera) Zerova p. 276 |
| 2008 | Macrovipera Venczel and Stiuca p. 759 fig. 16G |
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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.
Subg. †Vipera (Macrovipera) Reuss 1927
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†Macrovipera gedulyi Bolkay 1913
†Vipera (Macrovipera) sarmatica Chkhikvadse and Lungu 1987
†Vipera (Macrovipera) ukrainica Zerova 1992
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Sarmatian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 12.80000 to 2.58000 Ma
Collections (9 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarmatian | Romania (Arad) | Macrovipera sp. (135812) | |
| Vallesian | Ukraine (Khmel'nitsk'yi) | Macrovipera sp., Vipera ukrainica, Vipera sp. (48446) | |
| Tortonian | Romania (Ilfov) | Macrovipera sp. (199755) | |
| MN 10 | Moldova (Anenii Noi) | Vipera sarmatica (60268) | |
| Turolian | Hungary | Macrovipera gedulyi (48294 48295 48296) | |
| MN 12 | Ukraine (Odessa) | Vipera sp. (167833) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Morocco | Macrovipera sp. (32052) |