Family Boidae Gray 1825 (boa)
PaleoDB taxon number: 38086
Alternative spelling: Boaeidae
Parent taxon: Booidea according to A. M. Albino and A. A. Carlini 2008
Sister taxa: Anomalophidae, Archaeophidae, Caenophidia, Conantophis, Dinilysiidae, Ungaliophiidae
Subtaxa: Boinae, Cadurcoboa, Candoia, Charina, Chilabothrus, Daunophis, Dawsonophis, Erycidae, Eunectes, Hechtophis, Lithophis, Messelophis, Neurodromicus, Palaeopython, Paleryx, Paraplatyspondylia, Plesiotortrix, Python, Rageophis, Rieppelophis, Totlandophis, Tropidophiinae, Tropidophis, Ungaliophiinae
Ecology: carnivore