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Vipera maghrebiana

Reptilia - Crotalidae

Taxonomy
Vipera maghrebiana was named by Rage (1976). Its type locality is Bèni Mellal, which is in an Astaracian terrestrial horizon in Morocco.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Vipera maghrebiana Rage p. 64 figs. 7-8
1984Vipera maghrebiana Rage p. 56

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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
speciesmaghrebiana

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 maghrebiana Rage 1976
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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: Astaracian or 15.97000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Astaracian15.97 - 11.608Morocco (Tadla-Azilal) Vipera maghrebiana (type locality: 48630)