Reptilia - Testudines - Nanhsiungchelyidae

Alternative combination: Compsemys imbricarius

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1876. Descriptions of some vertebrate remains from the Fort Union Beds of Montana. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 28:248-261

Belongs to Basilemys according to O. P. Hay 1908

Sister taxa: Basilemys nobilis, Basilemys orientalis, Basilemys sinuosa, Basilemys variolosa

Type specimen: AMNH 6102, a partial shell (three shell fragments)