Calamagras Cope 1873 (dwarf boa)

Reptilia - Squamata - Boidae

Synonyms: Aphelophis Cope 1873, Aphelopsis 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)

Parent taxon: Ungaliophiinae according to K. T. Smith 2013

See also Carroll 1988, Galbreath 1953, Gilmore 1938, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Hecht 1959, Maddox and Wall 1998, Parmley and Hunter 2010 and Stromer 1910

Sister taxa: Exiliboa, Paraungaliophis, Ungaliophis

Subtaxa: Calamagras angulatus Calamagras floridanus Calamagras gallicus Calamagras murivorus Calamagras platyspondyla Calamagras primus Calamagras talpivorus Calamagras turkestanicus Calamagras weigeli

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Type: Calamagras murivorus

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (6: Delaware, Florida, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming collections)

• Harrisonian of United States (2: Nebraska)

• Oligocene of Mongolia (1), United States (11: Colorado, Florida, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming)

• Eocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), France (7), Kyrgyzstan (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (5: New Mexico, North Dakota, Wyoming)

• Paleocene of Togo (1)

Total: 37 collections including 41 occurrences

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