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Basilemys

Reptilia - Testudines - Nanhsiungchelyidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Basilemys Hay p. 445
1908Basilemys Hay p. 226
1930Basilemys Hay p. 88
1935Basilemys Gilmore p. 178
1964Basilemys Estes p. 97
1984Basilemys Nessov p. 216
1988Basilemys Carroll
1989Basilemys Bryant p. 38
2001Basilemys Peng et al. p. 26
2002Basilemys Holroyd and Hutchison p. 181
2003Basilemys Hutchison and Holroyd
2004Basilemys Joyce et al.
2006Basilemys Danilov and Parham
2008Basilemys Sukhanov et al.
2012Basilemys Sullivan et al.
2013Basilemys Danilov et al.
2013Basilemys Hutchison et al.
2018Basilemys López-Conde et al.
2018Basilemys Mallon and Brinkman

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

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
ReferenceDiagnosis
O. P. Hay 1908Shell 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.