Calamagras murivorus Cope 1873 (dwarf boa)

Reptilia - Squamata - Boidae

Synonym: Calamagras truxalis Cope 1873

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1873. Synopsis of new Vertebrata from the Tertiary of Colorado obtained during the summer of 1873. Seventh Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories (extract)

Belongs to Calamagras according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Cope 1873, Gilmore 1938, Hay 1902 and Rage 1984

Sister taxa: Calamagras angulatus, Calamagras floridanus, Calamagras gallicus, Calamagras platyspondyla, Calamagras primus, Calamagras talpivorus, Calamagras turkestanicus, Calamagras weigeli

Type specimens:

  • Calamagras murivorus: AMNH No. 1603, a set of vertebrae (six articulated vertebrae). Its type locality is Cedar Creek, which is in an Orellan terrestrial horizon in the Brule Formation of Colorado.
  • Calamagras truxalis:

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (2: Colorado, Nebraska collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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