Pterygoboa Holman 1976 (sand boa)

Reptilia - Squamata - Boidae

Parent taxon: Erycinae according to J. I. Mead and B. W. Schubert 2013

See also Carroll 1988 and Holman 2000

Sister taxa: Albaneryx, Bransateryx, Cadurceryx, Eryx, Gaimanophis, Geringophis, Gongylophis, Huberophis, Lichanura, Tregophis

Subtaxa: Pterygoboa delawarensis Pterygoboa miocenica

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Type: Pterygoboa miocenica

Ecology: fossorial carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (6: Delaware, Florida, Nebraska, South Dakota collections)

• Oligocene of United States (1: Florida)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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