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Family DERMATEMYDIDAE 



BASILEMYS NOBILIS Hay 



Figures 13, 14; Pl-^te 17 



A complete but somewhat crushed specimen (U.S.N.M. no. 11084) 

 records for the first time the presence of the genus Basilemys in 

 the Kirtland formation. It was collected bv C. H. Sternberg in 



Figure 13. — Carapace of Basilemys nobilis Hay. U.S.N.M. no. 

 11084. One-sixth natural size. 



1923 in Hunters Wash, 2 miles above Hunter's Store (Bisti P. O.), 

 San Juan County, N. Mex. 



This specimen is provisionally identified as pertaining to Basi- 

 lemys nobilis Hay (1911, pp. 316-317), the type of which is said 

 to have come from the overlying Ojo Alamo formation. The frag- 

 mentary character of the type of B. nohilis makes it exceedingly 



