Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1871. Description of some new fossil serpents, from the Tertiary deposits of Wyoming. The American Journal of Science and Arts, series 3 1(5):322-329
Parent taxon: Booidea according to S. Onary et al. 2021
See also Brattstrom 1955, Carroll 1988, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Hecht 1959 and Rage 1984
Sister taxa: Archaeophidae, Boidae, Conantophis, Eoanilius, Eoconstrictor, Hibernophis, Michauxophis, Rageryx, Ungaliophiidae
Subtaxa: Boavus brevis Boavus idelmani Boavus occidentalis
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: Texas collection)
• Oligocene of United States (2: Colorado, South Dakota)
• Eocene of United States (16: California, Wyoming)
Total: 19 collections including 21 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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