Biology:Baena (genus)
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Short description: Extinct genus of turtles
Baena | |
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Shell of B. arenosa (specimen AMNH 1112) | |
Scientific 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
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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" (in en). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/4818868.
- ↑ "Baena". Fossilworks. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=37628.
Wikidata ☰ Q107210070 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baena (genus).
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