And scientists could tell from the pattern of features of these vertebrae - like the position of certain holes and ridges - that it belonged to a member of the family known as Boidae, which includes all of the boas.

科学家们可以从这些椎骨的特征模式——比如某些孔和脊的位置——判断它属于被称为 Boidae 的家族成员，该家族包括所有蟒蛇。