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Basilemys gaffneyi
Taxonomy
Basilemys gaffneyi was named by Sullivan et al. (2012). It is not extant. Its type specimen is USNM 11084 (nearly complete carapace and plastron). Its type locality is 2 Miles Above Hunter's Store, which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Kirtland Formation of New Mexico.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2012 | Basilemys gaffneyi Sullivan et al. p. 353 fig. 20.12 |
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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 gaffneyi Sullivan et al. 2012
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005, Estes et al. 1969, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma
Collections (20 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (New Mexico) | Aspideretes sp. (64094) Basilemys gaffneyi (47193 62317 76107 96814 138830 144519 154382 154386 154419 154594 154620 154621 154622 154623 154624 154625 154626 154627) Basilemys nobilis (type locality: 100677) |