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Basilemys variolosa

Reptilia - Testudines - Nanhsiungchelyidae

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).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Compsemys variolosus Cope
1901Adocus variolosus Lambe p. 65
1902Basilemys variolosus Hay p. 445
1902Adocus variolosus Lambe p. 39
1908Basilemys variolosa Hay p. 226 figs. Plate 32, fig. 4; plate 34, fig. 1; text-fig. 287
1930Basilemys variolosus Hay p. 88
2005Basilemys variolosa Joyce and Norell
2013Basilemys variolosa Danilov et al.

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

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.

†Basilemys variolosa Cope 1876
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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 Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Campanian or 83.50000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Canada (Alberta) Basilemys variolosa (177143)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Basilemys variolosa (22697 34320 34322)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Adocus variolosus (150748 150749)