Full reference: H. Tong, J. Claude, W. Naksri, V. Suteethorn, E. Buffetaut, S. Khansubha, K. Wongko and P. Yuangdetkla. 2009. Basilochelys macrobios n. gen. and n. sp, a large cryptodiran turtle from the Phu Kradung Formation (latest Jurassic-earliest Cretaceous) of the Khorat Plateau, NE Thailand. Late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Ecosystems in SE Asia. The Geological Society of London, Special Publication 315:153-173
Parent taxon: Trionychoidea according to H. Tong et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Adocidae, Kinosternoidea, Peltochelyidae, Planetochelyidae, Sinaspideretes
Subtaxa: Basilochelys macrobios
Type: Basilochelys macrobios
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Thailand (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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