| Description | Basilemys is an extinct genus of land turtles belonging to the family Nanhsiungchelyidae. Fossils have been found in various Campanian to Maastrichtian formations of North America.
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| Rank | genus |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Nanhsiungchelyidae : Basilemys |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Scientific Name | Basilemys Hay, 1902 |
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| Name Published In | Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv., No. 179 |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Basilemys | genus | belongs to Adocidae | stated without evidence | Hay, 1902 | | Basilemys | genus | belongs to Dermatemydidae | stated with evidence | Hay, 1908 | | Basilemys | genus | belongs to Dermatemydidae | stated without evidence | Gilmore, 1935 | | Basilemys | genus | belongs to Dermatemydidae | stated with evidence | Estes, 1964 | | Basilemys | genus | belongs to Nanhsiungchelyidae | stated without evidence | Nessov, 1984 | | Basilemys | genus | belongs to Dermatemydidae | implied | Carroll, 1988 | | Basilemys | genus | belongs to Nanhsiungchelyidae | stated without evidence | Peng et al., 2001 | | Basilemys | genus | belongs to Nanhsiungchelyidae | stated with evidence | Hutchison and Holroyd, 2003 | | Basilemys | genus | belongs to Trionychia | stated without evidence | Joyce et al., 2004 | | Basilemys | genus | belongs to Adocusia | stated with evidence | Danilov and Parham, 2006 | | Basilemys | genus | belongs to Nanhsiungchelyidae | stated with evidence | Sukhanov et al., 2008 | | Basilemys | genus | belongs to Nanhsiungchelyidae | stated without evidence | Sullivan et al., 2012 | | Basilemys | genus | belongs to Nanhsiungchelyidae | stated with evidence | Danilov et al., 2013 | | Basilemys | genus | belongs to Nanhsiungchelyidae | stated without evidence | Hutchison et al., 2013 | | Basilemys | genus | belongs to Nanhsiungchelyidae | stated with evidence | López-Conde et al., 2018 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 8 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 85.8 - 83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous |
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| Environment | freshwater (based on Cryptodira) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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| Diet | omnivore (based on Cryptodira) |
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| Reproduction | oviparous (based on Cryptodira) |
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| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | O. P. Hay. 1902. Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179:1-868 |
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| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilemys |
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| Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868 |
| Hay O. P. (1908) The fossil turtles of North America, Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 75, 1-568 |
| Gilmore C. W. (1935) On the Reptilia of the Kirtland Formation of New Mexico, with descriptions of new species of fossil turtles, Proceedings of the United States National Museum 83 2978, 159-188 |
| Estes R. (1964) Fossil vertebrates from the Late Cretaceous Lance Formation, eastern Wyoming, University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 49, 1-187 |
| Nessov L. A. (1984) Data on late Mesozoic turtles from the USSR, Studia Geologica Salamanticensia, vol. especial 1 (Studia Palaeocheloniologica I) 1, 215-223 |
| Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698 |
| Bryant L. J. (1989) Non-dinosaurian lower vertebrates across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in northeastern Montana, University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 134, 1-107 |
| Peng J., Russell A. P., et al (2001) Vertebrate microsite assemblages (exclusive of mammals) from the Foremost and Oldman Formations of the Judith River Group (Campanian) of southeastern Alberta: an illustrated guide, Provincial Museum of Alberta, Natural History Occasional Paper 25, 1-54 |
| Holroyd P. A., Hutchison J. H. (2002) Patterns of geographic variation in latest Cretaceous vertebrates: evidence from the turtle component, Geological Society of America Special Paper 361, 177-190 |
| Hutchison J. H., Holroyd P. A. (2003) Late Cretaceous and early Paleocene turtles of the Denver Basin, Colorado, Rocky Mountain Geology 38 1, 121-142 |
| Joyce W. G., Parham J. F., et al (2004) Developing a protocol for the conversion of rank-based taxon names to phylogenetically defined clade names, as exemplified by turtles, Journal of Paleontology 78 5, 989-1013 |
| Danilov I. G., Parham J. F. (2006) A redescription of 'Plesiochelys' tatsuensis from the Late Jurassic of China, with comments on the antiquity of the crown clade Cryptodira, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26 3, 573-580 doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[573:AROPTF]2.0.CO;2 |
| Sukhanov V. B., Danilov I. G., et al (2008) The description and phylogenetic position of a new nanhsiungchelyid turtle from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 53 4, 601-614 |
| Sullivan R. M., Jasinski S. E., et al (2012) Re-assessment of Late Campanian (Kirtlandian) turtles from the Upper Cretaceous Fruitland and Kirtland formations, San Juan Basin, New Mexico, USA, Morphology and Evolution of Turtles, 337-387 doi:10.1007/978-94-007-4309-0_20 |
| Danilov I. G., Sukhanov V. B., et al (2013) Redescription of Zangerlia dzamynchondi (Testudines: Nanhsiungchelyidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia, with a Reassessment of the Phylogenetic Position and Relationships of Zangerlia, Morphology and Evolution of Turtles, 407-417 doi:10.1007/978-94-007-4309-0_22 |
| Hutchison J. H., Knell M. J., et al (2013) Turtles from the Kaiparowits Formation, Utah, At the Top of the Grand Staircase: The Late Cretaceous of Southern Utah, 295-318 |
| López-Conde O. A., Sterli J., et al (2018) Turtles from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) of El Gallo Formation, Baja California, Mexico, South American Journal of Earth Sciences 88, 693-699 doi:10.1016/ j.jsames.2018.10.005 |
| Mallon J. C., Brinkman D. B. (2018) Basilemys morrinensis, a new species of nanhsiungchelyid turtle from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of Alberta, Canada, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 38 2, e1431922:1-11 doi:10.1080/02724634.2018.1431922 |
| NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv., No. 179 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| GBIF/Yale University Peabody Museum: Peabody Paleoportal DiGIR Service (VP) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
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