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Taxonomy
Palatobaeninae was named by Gaffney (1972).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Palatobaeninae by Joyce and Lyson (2015) and Lyson et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Baenidae by Gaffney (1972); and to Baenodda by Joyce and Lyson (2015) and Lyson et al. (2016).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Palatobaeninae by Joyce and Lyson (2015) and Lyson et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Baenidae by Gaffney (1972); and to Baenodda by Joyce and Lyson (2015) and Lyson et al. (2016).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1972 | Palatobaeninae Gaffney pp. 248, 269 |
| 2015 | Palatobaeninae Joyce and Lyson |
| 2016 | Palatobaeninae Lyson et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Unr. †Palatobaeninae Gaffney 1972
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G. †Cedrobaena Lyson and Joyce 2009
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†Cedrobaena brinkman Lyson and Joyce 2009
†Cedrobaena putorius Gaffney 1972
G. †Palatobaena Gaffney 1972
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†Palatobaena bairdi Gaffney 1972
†Palatobaena cohen Lyson and Joyce 2009
†Palatobaena gaffneyi Archibald and Hutchison 1979
†Palatobaena knellerorum Lyson et al. 2021
G. †Plesiobaena Gaffney 1972
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| E. S. Gaffney 1972 | Baenids with wide, almost circular skull, broadly curved in dorsal view; temporal emargination relatively shallow; nasals not expanded laterally but extended anteriorly into short shelf; prefrontal with limited dorsal exposure; parietal larger than frontal; quadratojugal morphology indeterminate; triturating surfaces widely expanded to form triangular crushing areas, surfaces flat, with low, blunt lingual ridge and vestigial tomial ridge; orbits open dorsolaterally, ridge separating orbital floor from cheek; postcranium unknown. |