Pterygoboa delawarensis Holman 1998 (sand boa)

Reptilia - Squamata - Boidae

Full reference: J. A. Holman. 1998. Reptiles of the Lower Miocene (Hemmingfordian) Pollack Farm Fossil Site, Delaware. Geology and Paleontology of the Lower Miocene Pollack Farm Site, Delaware. Delaware Geological Survey Special Publication. 21:141-147

Belongs to Pterygoboa according to J. A. Holman 1998

Sister taxon: Pterygoboa miocenica

Type specimen: Its type locality is Pollack Farm Site, which is in a Burdigalian estuary/bay sandstone in the Calvert Formation of Delaware

Ecology: fossorial carnivore

Distribution: found only at Pollack Farm Site

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