Pterygoboa miocenica Holman 1976 (sand boa)

Reptilia - Squamata - Boidae

Full reference: J. A. Holman. 1976. Snakes from the Rosebud Formation (Middle Miocene) of South Dakota. Herpetologica 32:41-48

Belongs to Pterygoboa according to J.-C. Rage 1984

See also Holman 1976

Sister taxon: Pterygoboa delawarensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Black Bear Quarry II, which is in a Hemingfordian coarse channel fill conglomerate in the Rosebud Formation of South Dakota

Ecology: fossorial carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (3: Nebraska, South Dakota collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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