Dawsonophis Holman 1979 (boa)

Reptilia - Squamata - Boidae

Parent taxon: Boidae according to J.-C. Rage 1984

See also Carroll 1988

Sister taxa: Anilioides, Boinae, Cadurcoboa, Candoia, Chilabothrus, Erycinae, Eunectes, Hechtophis, Lithophis, Messelophis, Neurodromicus, Paraplatyspondylia, Python, Rageophis, Rieppelophis, Totlandophis, Tropidophis, Ungaliophiinae

Subtaxa: Dawsonophis wyomingensis

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Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Badwater Locality 6 (Eocene of Wyoming)

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