Baena (genus)
Baena Temporal range: Late Cretaceous-Eocene,
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Shell of B. arenosa (specimen AMNH 1112) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Pantestudines |
Family: | †Baenidae |
Clade: | †Baenodda |
(unranked): | †Eubaeninae |
Genus: | †Baena Leidy, 1870[1] |
Type species | |
†Baena arenosa Leidy, 1870
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Species | |
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Baena is an extinct genus of baenid turtles.[2]
Fossils of Baena have been found in locations including Kirtland Formation, Campanian New Mexico (B. sp.) (Cretaceous) and Ravenscrag Formation, Maastrichtian Canada (B. sp.) (Cretaceous).[3]
References[]
- ^ J. Leidy. 1870. [Descriptions of Emys jaenesi, E. haydeni, Baena arenosa, and Saniwa ensidens]. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 1870:123-124
- ^ "Baena Leidy, 1870". www.gbif.org. GBIF. Retrieved 2021-02-20.
- ^ "Baena". Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
Categories:
- Baenidae
- Prehistoric turtle genera
- Prehistoric turtle stubs