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Basilemys variolosa
Taxonomy
Compsemys variolosus was named by Cope (1876). Its type specimen is AMNH 1465, a partial shell (nearly the whole of the plastron, various peripheral bones, and two imperfect costal plates), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Basilemys.
It was recombined as Adocus variolosus by Lambe (1901) and Lambe (1902); it was recombined as Basilemys variolosus by Hay (1902) and Hay (1930); it was recombined as Basilemys variolosa by Hay (1908), Joyce and Norell (2005) and Danilov et al. (2013).
It was recombined as Adocus variolosus by Lambe (1901) and Lambe (1902); it was recombined as Basilemys variolosus by Hay (1902) and Hay (1930); it was recombined as Basilemys variolosa by Hay (1908), Joyce and Norell (2005) and Danilov et al. (2013).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1876 | Compsemys variolosus Cope |
| 1901 | Adocus variolosus Lambe p. 65 |
| 1902 | Basilemys variolosus Hay p. 445 |
| 1902 | Adocus variolosus Lambe p. 39 |
| 1908 | Basilemys variolosa Hay p. 226 figs. Plate 32, fig. 4; plate 34, fig. 1; text-fig. 287 |
| 1930 | Basilemys variolosus Hay p. 88 |
| 2005 | Basilemys variolosa Joyce and Norell |
| 2013 | Basilemys variolosa Danilov et al. |
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†Basilemys variolosa Cope 1876
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available