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Basilemys

Reptilia - Testudines - Nanhsiungchelyidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Basilemys Hay p. 445
1908Basilemys Hay p. 226
1930Basilemys Hay p. 88
1935Basilemys Gilmore p. 178
1964Basilemys Estes p. 97
1984Basilemys Nessov p. 216
1988Basilemys Carroll
1989Basilemys Bryant p. 38
2001Basilemys Peng et al. p. 26
2002Basilemys Holroyd and Hutchison p. 181
2003Basilemys Hutchison and Holroyd
2004Basilemys Joyce et al.
2006Basilemys Danilov and Parham
2008Basilemys Sukhanov et al.
2012Basilemys Sullivan et al.
2013Basilemys Danilov et al.
2013Basilemys Hutchison et al.
2018Basilemys López-Conde et al.
2018Basilemys Mallon and Brinkman

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
familyNanhsiungchelyidae
genusBasilemys

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.

G. †Basilemys Hay 1902
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†Basilemys gaffneyi Sullivan et al. 2012
†Basilemys imbricarius Cope 1876
†Basilemys morrinensis Mallon and Brinkman 2018
†Basilemys nobilis Hay 1911
†Basilemys ogmius Cope 1875
†Basilemys praeclara Hay 1911
†Basilemys sinuosa Riggs 1906
†Basilemys variolosa Cope 1876
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
O. P. Hay 1908Shell highly sculptured. Epiplastra much thickened. Bridge wide. Intergular scutes present. Pectorals greatly expanded at the midline, narrowed laterally. An axillary and an inguinal scute but no other inframarginals.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Body part: carapaceg
Adult length: 100 to < 1000g
Environment: freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticsubo
Diet: omnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Created: 2005-09-01 10:38:52
Modified: 2005-09-01 12:38:52
Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Estes et al. 1969, Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Lancian or 99.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (116 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Uzbekistan (Navoi) B. sp. (64685)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Canada (Alberta) B. sp. (48834 71485)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (Montana) B. sp. (22689 59373)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Canada (Alberta) B. variolosa (177143)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) B. sp. (200396)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Utah) B. sp. (167530)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Utah) B. sp. (167916)
Judithian83.5 - 70.6USA (Wyoming) B. sp. (14458)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mexico (Chihuahua) B. sp. (35707 210630)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) B. sp. (36264 221937) B. variolosa (22697 34320 34322)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mongolia (Omnogov Aimak) B. sp. (37184)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mexico (Baja California) B. sp. (197022)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mongolia (Omnogov) B. sp. (127678)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Mexico) Aspideretes sp. (64094) B. gaffneyi (47193 62317 76107 96814 138830 144519 154382 154386 154419 154594 154620 154621 154622 154623 154624 154625 154626 154627) B. nobilis (100677) B. sp. (36449 55882 55883)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Utah) B. nobilis (187686 187690 187698 187702 187711)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) B. sp. (45566 181024)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Utah) B. sp. (167521)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Saskatchewan) B. sp. (14494)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) B. sp. (25073 68012 68014 68015 212185)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Adocus variolosus (150748 150749) Basilemys indet. (167986)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) B. sp. (50907 51682 222122) Ceratopsia indet. (14462)
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) B. sp. (45757)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (California) B. sp. (76729)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) B. sinuosa (45313) B. sp. (231466)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Montana) B. sp. (85498)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) B. morrinensis (193696)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) B. sp. (14508 14513 14536 14654)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Colorado) B. sp. (210050)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) B. sp. (137706 137715 137724 137728 137732)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) B. sinuosa (48235)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Aspideretoides sp. (14544 70343) B. sinuosa (75290) B. sp. (14514 14519 14542 14565 14579 75280 75297 75443 137795) B. sp., B. sinuosa (14505)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Saskatchewan) B. sp. (45675 54105)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Compsemys ogmius (58157)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) B. sinuosa (45099 45118 45144 45145 45381) B. sp. (137720)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Colorado) B. sinuosa (49538 49539 176740 176741)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) B. sinuosa (45390) B. sp. (50082 150891 150893 224484)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) B. sinuosus (99441) B. sp. (189003)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) B. sp. (14585 137798)