Calamagras primus Hecht 1959 (dwarf boa)

Reptilia - Squamata - Boidae

Full reference: M. K. Hecht. 1959. Amphibians and Reptiles (in: The Geology and Paleontology of the Elk Mountain and Tabernacle Butte area, Wyoming). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 117(3):130-176

Belongs to Calamagras according to J.-P. Zonneveld et al. 2000

See also Holman 2000

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

Type specimen: AMNH 3828 (nearly complete anterior mid-thoracic vertebra). Its type locality is Hyopsodus Hill, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (4: New Mexico, Wyoming collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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