Lithophis sargenti Marsh 1871 (boa)

Reptilia - Squamata - Boidae

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 Lithophis according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Hay 1902 and Marsh 1871

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: YPM 2719, 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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