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Vipera (Macrovipera) sarmatica

Reptilia - Crotalidae

Taxonomy
Vipera (Daboia) sarmatica was named by Chkhikvadse and Lungu (1987). Its type specimen is TGPI 18/72-1, a set of vertebrae (a single trunk vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kalfa, which is in a MN 10 coastal sandstone in Moldova.

It was recombined as Vipera (Macrovipera) sarmatica by Zerova (1993).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Vipera (Daboia) sarmatica Chkhikvadse and Lungu
1992Vipera (Daboia) sarmatica Zerova p. 246
1993Vipera (Macrovipera) sarmatica Zerova p. 276

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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
subgenusMacrovipera(Reuss 1927)
speciessarmatica(Chkhikvadse and Lungu 1987)

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 (Macrovipera) sarmatica Chkhikvadse and Lungu 1987
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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: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: MN 10 or 9.67000 to 8.72500 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 109.67 - 8.725Moldova (Anenii Noi) Vipera sarmatica (type locality: 60268)