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Basilemys ogmius

Reptilia - Testudines - Nanhsiungchelyidae

Taxonomy
Compsemys ogmius was named by Cope (1875). Its type specimen is NMC specimen, a partial shell (part of a bridge peripheral and a fragment of plastron), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Milk River, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Frenchman Formation of Canada.

It was synonymized subjectively with Basilemys variolosus by Hay (1902); it was synonymized subjectively with Basilemys variolosa by Hay (1908); it was recombined as Basilemys ogmius by Hay (1930).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Compsemys ogmius Cope p. 9
1930Basilemys ogmius Hay p. 88

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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
speciesogmius()

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 ogmius Cope 1875
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