Boremys pulchra Lambe 1906

Reptilia - Testudinata - Baenidae

Alternative combination: Baena pulchra

Synonym: Boremys albertensis Gilmore 1919

Full reference: L. M. Lambe. 1906. Descriptions of new species of Testudo and Baƫna with remarks on some Cretaceous forms. The Ottawa Naturalist 19(10):187-196

Belongs to Boremys according to B. Adrian 2022

See also Gaffney 1972, Gilmore 1919, Hay 1908, Hay 1930, Joyce and Lyson 2015, Lambe 1906, Lambe 1914, Lambe 1914, Lyson et al. 2011, Perea et al. 2014 and Russell 1966

Sister taxon: Boremys grandis

Type specimens:

  • Boremys pulchra: CMN 1130, a partial shell (a complete plastron and partial carapace). Its type locality is mouth of Berry Creek [NMC], which is in a Campanian terrestrial sandstone in the Oldman Formation of Canada.
  • Boremys albertensis: USNM 8803, a partial shell (a complete plastron and a partial carapace). Its type locality is south branch, Sand Creek [USNM], which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Oldman Formation of Canada.

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (3: Alberta collections), United States (1: Montana)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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