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Table 1 Published occurrences of Greek fossil Viperidae

From: New material of Laophis crotaloides, an enigmatic giant snake from Greece, with an overview of the largest fossil European vipers

Taxon

Locality

Age

References

Viperidae indet. (‘oriental vipers complex’)

Maramena (Serres)

Latest Miocene (MN 13)

Szyndlar (1995)

Laophis crotaloides

Megalo Emvolon (Thessaloniki)

Early Pliocene (MN 15)

Owen (1857); this paper

Viperidae indet. (‘oriental vipers complex’)

Tourkobounia 1 (Attica)

Late Pliocene (MN 16)

Szyndlar (1991)

Vipera cf. berus

Laghada B (Kos Island)

Early Pleistocene

Szyndlar (1991)

Vipera cf. berus

Megalopolis (Peloponnese)

Middle Pleistocene

van Vugt (2000)

Viperidae indet. (‘oriental vipers complex’)

Latomi (Chios Island)

Middle Pleistocene

Schneider (1975) and Szyndlar (1991)

Vipera cf. ammodytes

Tourkobounia 2 (Attica)

Middle Pleistocene

Szyndlar (1991)

Vipera cf. berus

Tourkobounia 2 (Attica)

Middle Pleistocene

Szyndlar (1991)