Plesiobaena
Plesiobaena Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Pantestudines |
Family: | †Baenidae |
Genus: | †Plesiobaena Lambe, 1902 |
Type species | |
†Plesiobaena antiqua Lambe, 1902
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Plesiobaena is an extinct genus of turtle which existed in the Belly River Formation, Canada during the late Cretaceous period (Campanian age).[1] It was first named by Lawrence Lambe in 1902 and the type species is Plesiobaena antiqua.[1]
References[]
Categories:
- Baenidae
- Prehistoric turtle genera
- Late Cretaceous turtles of North America
- Hell Creek fauna
- Laramie Formation
- Fossil taxa described in 1902
- Taxa named by Lawrence Lambe
- Prehistoric turtle stubs