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Vipera (Vipera)

Osteichthyes - Crotalidae

Taxonomy
Vipera (Vipera) was named by Laurenti (1768) [same name-bearing type as the genus Vipera Laurenti 1768 and thus attributed to the same author, although the subgenus was erected much later by another author]. It is extant. Its type is Coluber aspis.

It was assigned to Vipera by Szyndlar and Zerova (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1768Vipera (Vipera) Laurenti
1992Vipera (Vipera) Szyndlar and Zerova p. 94

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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
subgenusVipera

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 (Vipera) Laurenti 1768
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Vipera (Vipera) ammodytes Linnaeus 1758 [sand viper]
Vipera (Vipera) aspis Linnaeus 1758 [asp viper]
†Vipera (Vipera) meotica Zerova 1992
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, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MN 11 to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 8.72500 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 7.9 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 118.725 - 7.9Ukraine (Dnipropetrovsk) Vipera sp. (167941)
MN 127.9 - 6.965Ukraine (Odessa) Vipera meotica (48175)
MN 136.965 - 5.09Ukraine (Odessa) Vipera meotica (167998)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Hungary (North Hungary) Vipera ammodytes (136066 136067)
MN 154.16 - 3.55Ukraine Vipera sp. (50941)
MN 154.16 - 3.55Russian Federation (Rostov) Vipera sp. (168018)
MN 154.16 - 3.55Poland Vipera ammodytes (33396)
MN 163.55 - 2.245Poland Vipera ammodytes (33473 33638)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Italy (Verona) Vipera aspis (206747)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Greece Vipera ammodytes (34767)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Spain (Castilla-Leon) Vipera aspis (34920)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Castilla-Leon) Vipera aspis (34870)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) Vipera aspis (84938)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Castilla-Leon) Vipera aspis (34925)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain Vipera aspis (34926)