Reptilia - Testudines - Nanhsiungchelyidae
Full reference: O. P. Hay. 1902. Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179:1-868
Parent taxon: Nanhsiungchelyidae according to O. A. López-Conde et al. 2018
See also Bryant 1989, Carroll 1988, Danilov and Parham 2006, Danilov et al. 2013, Estes 1964, Gilmore 1935, Hay 1902, Hay 1908, Hay 1930, Holroyd and Hutchison 2002, Hutchison and Holroyd 2003, Hutchison et al. 2013, Joyce et al. 2004, Mallon and Brinkman 2018, Nessov 1984, Peng et al. 2001, Sukhanov et al. 2008 and Sullivan et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Anomalochelys, Bulganemys, Bulganemys, Charitonyx, Hanbogdemys, Hanbogdemysa, Jiangxichelys, Kharakhutulia, Nanhsiungchelys, Yuchelys, Zangerlia
Subtaxa: Basilemys gaffneyi Basilemys imbricarius Basilemys morrinensis Basilemys nobilis Basilemys ogmius Basilemys praeclara Basilemys sinuosa Basilemys variolosa
Type: Compsemys variolosus
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (19: Alberta, Saskatchewan collections), Mexico (3), Mongolia (2), United States (91: California, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming), Uzbekistan (1)
Total: 116 collections including 120 occurrences
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