Biology:Laophis
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Short description: Genus of snakes
| Laophis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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 3 m (9.8 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]
References
- ↑ Georgios Georgalis (2016). "New material of Laophis crotaloides, an enigmatic giant snake from Greece, with an overview of the largest fossil European vipers". https://www.researchgate.net/publication/296468542.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Georgalis, Georgios (2014). "Rediscovery of Laophis crotaloides – the world's largest viper?". ResearchGate. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/274564872.
- ↑ Owen, R. (1857). "On the Fossil Vertebrae of a Serpent (Laophis crotaloides, Ow.) discovered by Capt. Spratt, R.N., in a Tertiary Formation at Salonica". Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 13 (1–2): 196–199. doi:10.1144/GSL.JGS.1857.013.01-02.28. https://zenodo.org/record/2310903.
- ↑ Pappas, Stephanie (2014). "Biggest Venomous Snake Ever Revealed in New Fossils". http://www.livescience.com/48629-biggest-venomous-snake-fossils-found.html.
- ↑ Pappas, Stephanie (2014). "Biggest Venomous Snake Ever Revealed in New Fossils". LiveScience.com. http://www.livescience.com/48629-biggest-venomous-snake-fossils-found.html.
- ↑ Kear, Benjamin P. (2014). "Rediscovery of Laophis crotaloides – the worlds [sic largest viper?"]. academia.edu. https://www.academia.edu/8753289.
Wikidata ☰ Q21292374 entry
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