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Boremys pulchra

Reptilia - Baenidae

Taxonomy

Baena pulchra was named by Lambe (1906). Its type specimen is CMN 1130, a partial shell (a complete plastron and partial carapace), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is mouth of Berry Creek [NMC], which is in a Campanian terrestrial sandstone in the Oldman Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Boremys pulchra by Lambe (1906), Hay (1908), Lambe (1914), Hay (1930), Russell (1966), Gaffney (1972), Lyson et al. (2011), Perea et al. (2014), Joyce and Lyson (2015) and Adrian (2022).

Synonyms

Boremys albertensis was named by Gilmore (1919). Its type specimen is USNM 8803, a partial shell (a complete plastron and a partial carapace), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is south branch, Sand Creek [USNM], which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Oldman Formation of Canada.

It was synonymized subjectively with Boremys pulchra by Gaffney (1972) and Joyce and Lyson (2015).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1902	Baena pulchra Lambe
1906	Baena pulchra Lambe p. 189 figs. Pl. 3:4, 4:1
1906	Boremys pulchra Lambe p. 232
1908	Boremys pulchra Hay p. 92 figs. Figs. 88, 89
1914	Boremys pulchra Lambe p. 13
1914	Baena pulchra Lambe p. 294
1919	Boremys albertensis Gilmore p. 119 figs. Pl. 33-34
1930	Boremys albertensis Hay p. 73
1930	Boremys pulchra Hay p. 73
1966	Boremys pulchra Russell p. 17
1972	Boremys pulchra Gaffney pp. 249, 295-297 figs. 40-41
2011	Boremys pulchra Lyson et al. p. 730
2014	Boremys pulchra Perea et al.
2015	Boremys pulchra Joyce and Lyson
2022	Boremys pulchra Adrian

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha

Rank	Name	Author
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
—	Testudinata	(Oppel 1811)
—	Paracryptodira
family	Baenidae	Cope 1882
—	Baenodda	Gaffney and Meylan 1988
—	Eubaeninae	(Williams 1950)
genus	Boremys
species	pulchra	()

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.

†Boremys pulchra Lambe 1906

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Invalid names: Boremys albertensis Gilmore 1919 [synonym]

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
L. M. Lambe 1906	Costal shields short and pointed distally; supramarginals well developed. longer than broad; first neural plate divided; Entoplastral plate narrow, diamond shaped; plastron longer than broad; anterior plastral lobe smaller and more pointed than the posterior lobe; bridge long and rather narrow.
E. S. Gaffney 1972	[as for genus Boremys]

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialuc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Created:

2017-04-17 15:15:35

Modified:

2017-04-17 15:15:35

Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade

References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Campanian or 83.50000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Campanian	83.6 - 72.1	Canada (Alberta)	Boremys albertensis (128460) Boremys pulchra (type locality: 128459 177142)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	USA (Montana)	Boremys pulchra (14452)