Biology:Baenoidea

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Short description: Extinct superfamily of turtles

Baenoidea
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Pantestudines
Clade: Testudinata
Clade: Paracryptodira
Superfamily: Baenoidea
Families

Baenoidea is a superfamily of extinct terrestrial and marine cryptodiran turtles. Fossils are primarily from the Cretaceous period and are found in Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada .[1] It has a primarily Laurasian distribution, with fossils found mostly in North America and Eurasia.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q20685981 entry