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Basilemys
Taxonomy
Basilemys was named by Hay (1902). Its type is Compsemys variolosus.
It was assigned to Adocidae by Hay (1902); to Dermatemydidae by Hay (1908), Hay (1930), Gilmore (1935), Estes (1964), Carroll (1988) and Bryant (1989); to Trionychia by Joyce et al. (2004); to Adocusia by Danilov and Parham (2006); and to Nanhsiungchelyidae by Nessov (1984), Peng et al. (2001), Holroyd and Hutchison (2002), Hutchison and Holroyd (2003), Sukhanov et al. (2008), Sullivan et al. (2012), Danilov et al. (2013), Hutchison et al. (2013), López-Conde et al. (2018) and Mallon and Brinkman (2018).
It was assigned to Adocidae by Hay (1902); to Dermatemydidae by Hay (1908), Hay (1930), Gilmore (1935), Estes (1964), Carroll (1988) and Bryant (1989); to Trionychia by Joyce et al. (2004); to Adocusia by Danilov and Parham (2006); and to Nanhsiungchelyidae by Nessov (1984), Peng et al. (2001), Holroyd and Hutchison (2002), Hutchison and Holroyd (2003), Sukhanov et al. (2008), Sullivan et al. (2012), Danilov et al. (2013), Hutchison et al. (2013), López-Conde et al. (2018) and Mallon and Brinkman (2018).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1902 | Basilemys Hay p. 445 |
1908 | Basilemys Hay p. 226 |
1930 | Basilemys Hay p. 88 |
1935 | Basilemys Gilmore p. 178 |
1964 | Basilemys Estes p. 97 |
1984 | Basilemys Nessov p. 216 |
1988 | Basilemys Carroll |
1989 | Basilemys Bryant p. 38 |
2001 | Basilemys Peng et al. p. 26 |
2002 | Basilemys Holroyd and Hutchison p. 181 |
2003 | Basilemys Hutchison and Holroyd |
2004 | Basilemys Joyce et al. |
2006 | Basilemys Danilov and Parham |
2008 | Basilemys Sukhanov et al. |
2012 | Basilemys Sullivan et al. |
2013 | Basilemys Danilov et al. |
2013 | Basilemys Hutchison et al. |
2018 | Basilemys López-Conde et al. |
2018 | Basilemys Mallon and Brinkman |
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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.
G. †Basilemys Hay 1902
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†Basilemys gaffneyi Sullivan et al. 2012
†Basilemys imbricarius Cope 1876
†Basilemys morrinensis Mallon and Brinkman 2018
†Basilemys nobilis Hay 1911
†Basilemys ogmius Cope 1875
†Basilemys praeclara Hay 1911
†Basilemys sinuosa Riggs 1906
†Basilemys variolosa Cope 1876
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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O. P. Hay 1908 | Shell highly sculptured. Epiplastra much thickened. Bridge wide. Intergular scutes present. Pectorals greatly expanded at the midline, narrowed laterally. An axillary and an inguinal scute but no other inframarginals. |