Reptilia - Testudinata - Baenidae
Full reference: O. P. Hay. 1908. The fossil turtles of North America. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 75:1-568
Parent taxon: Baenidae according to Y. Rollot et al. 2018
See also Bryant 1989, Carroll 1988, Estes 1964, Estes and Berberian 1970, Gaffney 1972, Hay 1908, Hay 1930, Holroyd and Hutchison 2002, Joyce and Lyson 2015, Lyson and Joyce 2010, Lyson and Joyce 2011 and Lyson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Baena platyplastra, Baeninae, Baenodda, Edowa, Gehennachelys, Hayemydinae, Hayemys, Lakotemys, Neurankylus, Peckemys, Probaena, Protobaena, Stygichelys, Thescelus, Thescelus hemispherica, Trinitichelyinae, Trinitichelys
Subtaxa: Eubaena cephalica Eubaena hatcheri
Type: Baena cephalica
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (1: Montana collection)
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), United States (9: Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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