Naja romani (Hoffstetter, 1939) (Serpentes: Elapidae) from the late Miocene of the Northern Caucasus: the last East European large cobra

Geodiversitas

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Elena Syromyatnikova¹  Alexey Tesakov³  Vadim Titov⁴ 

[1] A.A. Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences;Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya emb.;Geological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences;Southern Scientific Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences

关键词: cobra;    cobra;    Eastern Europe;    Elapidae;    Elapidae;    Europe de l'Est;    Miocene;    Miocène;    Neogene;    Néogène;    new record;    signalement nouveau;   

DOI  :  10.5252/geodiversitas2021v43a19

学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: Museum National d Histoire Naturelle

【 摘 要 】

A new record of the genus Naja Laurenti, 1768 is described from the latest Miocene of Solnechnodolsk locality in Russia. It is assigned to N. romani (), the largest European cobra, which disappeared in Europe before the end of the Miocene. The record of N. romani is the first evidence of the survival of cobras to the latest Miocene of Eastern Europe, which points to the existence of a Caucasian refugium during the late Miocene. The large size of the vertebra of the cobra from Solnechnodolsk indicates that it belonged to one of the largest specimens of this taxon. Naja romani from Solnechnodolsk represents the first record of cobras in Russia and the Northern Black Sea area, contributing to the knowledge of ancient biodiversity of the region and suggesting a wider range for the genus. Naja romani was a thermophilous snake that indicates a subtropical character of the Solnechnodolsk fauna.

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