Basilemys

Basilemys
Temporal range: Cretaceous
B. variolosa skeleton, Royal Tyrrell Museum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Family: Nanhsiungchelyidae
Genus: Basilemys
Hay, 1902

Basilemys is an extinct genus of land turtle from the Cretaceous of North America and Asia.[1]

References

  1. Brinkman, Donald; Nicholls, Elizabeth L. (1993). "New Specimen of Basilemys praeclara Hay and Its Bearing on the Relationships of the Nanhsiungchelyidae (Reptilia: Testudines)". Journal of Paleontology. 67 (6): 1027–1031. JSTOR 1306119.


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