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Baena
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous-Eocene, 70–40 Ma PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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
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 (pronounced ba-en-na) is an extinct genus of baenid turtles that inhabited North America during the Late Cretaceous and early Paleogene. The genus name is thought to originate from a Native American language, possibly the Arapaho word for turtle, be’enoo.

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).

References

  1. J. Leidy. 1870. . Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 1870:123-124
  2. ^ Joyce, Walter G.; Lyson, Tyler R. (2015). "A Review of the Fossil Record of Turtles of the Clade Baenidae". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 56 (2): 147–183. doi:10.3374/014.056.0203. ISSN 0079-032X.
  3. "Baena Leidy, 1870". www.gbif.org. GBIF. Retrieved 2021-02-20.
  4. "Baena". Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
Pantestudines
Sauropsida
Pantestudines
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Pantestudines
Pantestudines
Testudinata
Australochelyidae
Meiolaniformes
Meiolaniidae
Sichuanchelyidae
Helochelydridae
Compsemydidae
Paracryptodira
Pleurosternidae
Baenidae
Xinjiangchelyidae
Sinemydidae /
Macrobaenidae
Thalassochelydia
(sensu Joyce et al., 2021)
"Eurysternidae"
"Plesiochelyidae"
Sandownidae
Testudines
Pappochelys rosinae Meiolania brevicollis
Taxon identifiers
Baena


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