Reptilia - Testudinata - Baenidae
Full reference: C. W. Gilmore. 1916. Description of two new species of turtles, from the Lance Formation of Wyoming. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 50(2137):614-646
Belongs to Baena according to W. G. Joyce and T. R. Lyson 2015
See also Gaffney 1972, Gilmore 1916 and Hay 1930
Sister taxa: Baena affinis, Baena arenosa, Baena escavada
Type specimen: USNM 6728, a shell (a carapace and plastron). Its type locality is Niobrara County, United States Geological Survey, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Lance Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Niobrara County, United States Geological Survey
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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