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Boa

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)105628https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=105628
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Boidae : Boa
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Lepidosauromorpha
superorderLepidosauria
orderSquamataOppel 1811
suborderOphidia
-Serpentes
infraorderAlethinophidiaNopcsa 1923
-MacrostomataRitgen 1828
superfamilyBooideaGray 1825
familyBoidaeGray 1825
subfamilyBoinaeGray 1825
genusBoaLinnaeus 1758
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Boagenusbelongs to Boinaestated without evidenceHead, 2005
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
Extant Size (PBDB)2 (67%)
First Recorded Appearance48.6 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene
Environmentfreshwater,terrestrial (based on Boinae)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Boinae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Boa blanchardensis
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
30.13 Ma
Pleistocene
0.13 Ma
Pleistocene
Boa constrictor
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
420.4 Ma
Miocene
0 Ma
Extant

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1758Boa Linnaeus p. 214
1963Pseudoepicrates Auffenberg
1988Pseudopicrates Carroll
2005Boa Head

References

Linnaeus C. , Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1, 1-824 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.542
Auffenberg W. (1963) The fossil snakes of Florida, Tulane Studies in Zoology 10 3, 131-216
Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Head J. J. (2005) Authorizor opinion, Jason Head.
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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