Basilemys variolosa Cope 1876 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Nanhsiungchelyidae

Alternative combinations: Adocus variolosus, Basilemys variolosus, Compsemys variolosus

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1876. Descriptions of some vertebrate remains from the Fort Union Beds of Montana. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 28:248-261

Belongs to Basilemys according to I. G. Danilov et al. 2013

See also Cope 1876, Hay 1902, Hay 1908, Hay 1930, Joyce and Norell 2005, Lambe 1901 and Lambe 1902

Sister taxa: Basilemys gaffneyi, Basilemys imbricarius, Basilemys morrinensis, Basilemys nobilis, Basilemys ogmius, Basilemys praeclara, Basilemys sinuosa

Type specimen: AMNH 1465, a partial shell (nearly the whole of the plastron, various peripheral bones, and two imperfect costal plates)

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (6: Alberta collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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