Reptilia - Testudines - Nanhsiungchelyidae
Alternative combinations: Basilemys imbricaria, Compsemys imbricarius
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1876. Descriptions of some vertebrate remains from the Fort Union Beds of Montana. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 28:248-261
Belongs to Basilemys according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Cope 1876, Hay 1902 and Hay 1908
Sister taxa: Basilemys gaffneyi, Basilemys morrinensis, Basilemys nobilis, Basilemys ogmius, Basilemys praeclara, Basilemys sinuosa, Basilemys variolosa
Type specimen: AMNH 6102, a partial shell (three shell fragments)
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Basilemys imbricarius in the database
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