Basilemys gaffneyi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cryptodira
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Division: Pan-Testudines Division: Testudinata Ordo: Testudines Subordo: Cryptodira

† Basilemys gaffneyi Sullivan, Jasinski & Lucas, 2012:353, figs. 20, 12A-B
Holotype: USNM 11084.
Type locality: Two miles above Hunter’s Store (Bisti Post Office), San Juan County, New Mexico; Hunter Wash Member, Kirtland Formation; late Campanian (Kirtlandian).

Sullivan, R.M.; Jasinski, S.E.; Lucas, S.G. 2012: Re-assessment of Late Campanian (Kirtlandian) turtles from the Upper Cretaceous Fruitland and Kirtland Formations, San Juan Basin, New Mexico, USA. Pp. 337-387 in: Brinkman, D.B.; Holroyd, P.A. & Gardner, J.D. (eds.), Morphology and evolution of turtles. Vertebrate paleobiology and paleoanthropology DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4309-0_20 Reference page.
Turtle Extinctions Working Group (Rhodin, A.G.J., Thomson, S., Georgalis, G., Karl, H.-V., Danilov, I.G., Takahashi, A., de la Fuente, M.S., Bourque, J.R., Delfino, M., Bour, R., Iverson, J.B., Shaffer, H.B., and van Dijk, P.P.). 2015. Turtles and tortoises of the world during the rise and global spread of humanity: first checklist and review of extinct Pleistocene and Holocene chelonians. Chelonian Research Monographs. 5(8):000e.1–66. Download