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Vipera platyspondyla

Reptilia - Crotalidae

Taxonomy
Vipera platyspondyla was named by Szyndlar (1987). Its type specimen is DP FNSP 940, a set of vertebrae (a single trunk vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dolnice, which is in a MN 4 fluvial-lacustrine siltstone/marl in the Czech Republic.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Vipera platyspondyla Szyndlar p. 66 fig. 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
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
speciesplatyspondyla

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 platyspondyla Szyndlar 1987
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: MN 4 or 16.90000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 416.9 - 15.97Czech Republic (Karlovy Vary) Vipera platyspondyla (type locality: 138666)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Germany (Bavaria) Vipera platyspondyla (28629)