Reptilia - Testudines - Nanhsiungchelyidae
Full reference: R. M. Sullivan, S. E. Jasinski, and S. G. Lucas. 2012. Re-assessment of Late Campanian (Kirtlandian) turtles from the Upper Cretaceous Fruitland and Kirtland formations, San Juan Basin, New Mexico, USA. Morphology and Evolution of Turtles 337-387
Belongs to Basilemys according to R. M. Sullivan et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Basilemys imbricarius, Basilemys morrinensis, Basilemys nobilis, Basilemys ogmius, Basilemys praeclara, Basilemys sinuosa, Basilemys variolosa
Type specimen: USNM 11084 (nearly complete carapace and plastron). Its type locality is 2 Miles Above Hunter's Store, which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Kirtland Formation of New Mexico.
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (20: New Mexico collections)
Total: 20 collections including 22 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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