Biology:Baena (genus)

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Short description: Extinct genus of turtles

Baena
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous-Eocene, 70–40 Ma
Baena arenosa AMNH 1112.jpg
Shell of B. arenosa (specimen AMNH 1112)
Scientific classification e
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" (in en). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/4818868. 
  3. "Baena". Fossilworks. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=37628. 

Wikidata ☰ Q107210070 entry