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Calamagras murivorus

Reptilia - Boidae

Taxonomy
Calamagras murivorus was named by Cope (1873). Its type specimen is AMNH No. 1603, a set of vertebrae (six articulated vertebrae), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cedar Creek, which is in an Orellan terrestrial horizon in the Brule Formation of Colorado.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Calamagras murivorus Cope p. 15
1873Calamagras truxalis Cope p. 15
1902Calamagras murivorus Hay p. 480
1930Calamagras murivorus Hay p. 268
1984Calamagras murivorus Rage p. 24

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
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
speciesmurivorus

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 murivorus Cope 1873
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Invalid names: Calamagras truxalis Cope 1873 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Grouping: solitarysuperf
Environment: freshwater, terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Diet: carnivoref
Created: 2005-09-05 19:47:29
Modified: 2005-09-23 14:53:48
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Behler and King 1979, Greene 1997, Carroll 1988

Age range: Orellan or 33.90000 to 31.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Orellan33.9 - 31.8USA (Colorado) Calamagras murivorus (type locality: 118198)
Orellan33.9 - 31.8USA (Nebraska) Calamagras murivorus (179967)