Calamagras weigeli Holman 1972 (dwarf boa)

Reptilia - Squamata - Boidae

Full reference: J. A. Holman. 1972. Herpetofauna of the Calf Creek Local Fauna (Lower Oligocene: Cypress Hills Formation) of Saskatchewan. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 9(12):1612-1631

Belongs to Calamagras according to K. T. Smith 2013

See also Holman 1976

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

Type specimen: SMNH 1437 (lumbar vertebra). Its type locality is Calf Creek, which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in the Cypress Hills Formation of Canada.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (4: South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming collections)

• Eocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), United States (1: North Dakota)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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