Basilemys sinuosa Riggs 1906 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Nanhsiungchelyidae

Alternative combination: Basilemys sinuosus

Full reference: E. S. Riggs. 1906. The carapace and plastron of Basilemys sinuosus, a new fossil tortoise from the Laramie Beds of Montana. Field Columbia Museum Publication, Geological Series 2(7):249-256

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

See also Bryant 1989, Hay 1908, Hay 1930 and Riggs 1906

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

Type specimen: FMNH P12008, a shell (nearly complete carapace and plastron). Its type locality is Chalk Buttes, near Powderville, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone in the Hell Creek Formation of Montana.

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (15: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming collections)

Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence

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