Calamagras platyspondyla Holman 1976 (dwarf boa)

Reptilia - Squamata - Boidae

Full reference: J. A. Holman. 1976. The herpetofauna of the lower Valentine Formation, north-central Nebraska. Herpetologica 32(3):262-268

Belongs to Calamagras according to J. A. Holman 1976

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

Type specimen: UNSM 04512, a set of vertebrae. Its type locality is Durnal Ranch Quarry, which is in a Geringian terrestrial horizon in the Gering Formation of Nebraska.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Harrisonian of United States (2: Nebraska collections)

• Oligocene of United States (4: Florida, Nebraska, Wyoming)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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