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Calamagras platyspondyla

Reptilia - Boidae

Taxonomy
Calamagras platyspondyla was named by Holman (1976). Its type specimen is UNSM 04512, a set of vertebrae, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Durnal Ranch Quarry, which is in a Geringian terrestrial horizon in the Gering Formation of Nebraska.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Calamagras platyspondyla Holman

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
infraorderAlethinophidia
Macrostomata
superfamilyBooideaGray 1825
familyBoidaeGray 1825
subfamilyUngaliophiinaeMcDowell 1987
genusCalamagras
speciesplatyspondyla

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Calamagras platyspondyla Holman 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Grouping: solitarysuperf
Environment: freshwater, terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoref
Created: 2005-09-05 19:47:29
Modified: 2005-09-23 14:53:48
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Behler and King 1979, Greene 1997, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Whitneyan to the top of the Harrisonian or 33.30000 to 20.43000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (Florida) Calamagras platyspondyla (17341)
Geringian30.8 - 26.3USA (Nebraska) Calamagras platyspondyla (type locality: 17495 17566)
Monroecreekian26.3 - 24.8USA (Wyoming) Calamagras platyspondyla (75878)
Harrisonian24.8 - 20.43USA (Nebraska) Calamagras platyspondyla (17802 27509)