Alternative combination: Ogmophis angulatus
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 D. Maddox and W. P. Wall 1998
See also Cope 1873, Hay 1902, Hay 1930 and Vanzolini 1952
Sister taxa: Calamagras floridanus, Calamagras gallicus, Calamagras murivorus, Calamagras platyspondyla, Calamagras primus, Calamagras talpivorus, Calamagras turkestanicus, Calamagras weigeli
Type specimen: AMNH No. 1654, a set of vertebrae (single vertebra). Its type locality is Cedar Creek, which is in an Orellan terrestrial horizon in the Brule Formation of Colorado.
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Harrisonian of United States (1: Nebraska collection)
• Oligocene of United States (6: Colorado, South Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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