†Boavus brevis Marsh 1871 (snake)
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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
Belongs to Boavus according to S. Onary et al. 2021
See also Hay 1902, Hay 1930 and Holman 1977
Sister taxa: Boavus idelmani, Boavus occidentalis
Type specimen: PMNH 468, a set of vertebrae (single thoracic vertebra). Its type locality is Grizzly Buttes, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution: found only at Grizzly Buttes
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