Baena
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous-Eocene, 70–40 Ma
Shell of B. arenosa (specimen AMNH 1112)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Pantestudines
Clade: Testudinata
Clade: †Paracryptodira
Family: †Baenidae
Clade: †Baenodda
(unranked): †Eubaeninae
Genus: †Baena
Leidy, 1870[1]
Type species
†Baena arenosa
Leidy, 1870
Species
  • †Baena affinis Leidy, 1871
  • †Baena arenosa Leidy, 1870
  • †Baena escavada Hay, 1909
  • †Baena hayi Gilmore, 1916
  • †Baena marshi Hay, 1904

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

  1. ^ J. Leidy. 1870. [Descriptions of Emys jaenesi, E. haydeni, Baena arenosa, and Saniwa ensidens]. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 1870:123-124
  2. ^ "Baena Leidy, 1870". www.gbif.org. GBIF. Retrieved 2021-02-20.
  3. ^ "Baena". Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.


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