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Vipera (Vipera) meotica

Reptilia - Crotalidae

Taxonomy
Vipera (Vipera) meotica was named by Zerova (1992) [in Szyndlar & Zerova (1992)]. Its type specimen is IZAN 45-5023 (a basisphenoid) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cherevichnoie, lower layer, which is in a MN 12 fluvial sandstone/gravel in Ukraine.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Vipera (Vipera) meotica Zerova pp. 94-96 figs. 19-24

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
—Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
infraorderAlethinophidia
superfamilyColubroidea
familyCrotalidae()
subfamilyViperinae
genusVipera
subgenusVipera
speciesmeoticaZerova 1992

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 (Vipera) meotica Zerova 1992
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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

Age range: base of the MN 12 to the top of the MN 13 or 7.90000 to 5.09000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 127.9 - 6.965Ukraine (Odessa) Vipera meotica (type locality: 48175)
MN 136.965 - 5.09Ukraine (Odessa) Vipera meotica (167998)