Calamagras turkestanicus Danilov and Averianov 1999 (dwarf boa)

Reptilia - Squamata - Boidae

Full reference: I. G. Danilov and A. O. Averianov. 1999. A new species of Calamagras Cope 1873 (Serpentes, Boidae, Erycinae) from the early Eocene of Kirghizia. Geodiversitas 21(1):85-91

Belongs to Calamagras according to I. G. Danilov and A. O. Averianov 1999

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Andarak 2, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial horizon in the Alai Beds Formation of Kyrgyzstan

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Andarak 2

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