Laophis Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Viperidae |
Genus: | † Laophis |
Species: | †L. crotaloides
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Binomial name | |
†Laophis crotaloides (
Owen, 1857)
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Laophis (From Ancient Greek, stone snake) [1] is a genus of viperid snake currently containing one known species that lived during the Pliocene in Northern Greece. [2] Few fossil vertebrae of this species was found in Thessaloniki, Greece. [3] It reached a total length possibly exceeding 4 m (13 ft) [2] and a mass of up to 26 kg (57 lb), making this perhaps the largest viper discovered yet. [4] [2] Originally described by Sir Richard Owen, the original fossils had been lost, until rediscovery of a single vertebra was discovered somewhere near Thessaloniki in 2014. [5] [6]
Laophis Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Viperidae |
Genus: | † Laophis |
Species: | †L. crotaloides
|
Binomial name | |
†Laophis crotaloides (
Owen, 1857)
|
Laophis (From Ancient Greek, stone snake) [1] is a genus of viperid snake currently containing one known species that lived during the Pliocene in Northern Greece. [2] Few fossil vertebrae of this species was found in Thessaloniki, Greece. [3] It reached a total length possibly exceeding 4 m (13 ft) [2] and a mass of up to 26 kg (57 lb), making this perhaps the largest viper discovered yet. [4] [2] Originally described by Sir Richard Owen, the original fossils had been lost, until rediscovery of a single vertebra was discovered somewhere near Thessaloniki in 2014. [5] [6]