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Extinct genus of turtles

Plesiobaena
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, Campanian PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Pantestudines
Clade: Testudinata
Clade: Paracryptodira
Family: Baenidae
Genus: Plesiobaena
Lambe, 1902
Type species
Plesiobaena antiqua
Lambe, 1902

Plesiobaena is an extinct genus of turtle which existed in the Belly River Formation, Canada during the late Cretaceous period (Campanian age). It was first named by Lawrence Lambe in 1902 and the type species is Plesiobaena antiqua.

References

  1. ^ Lambe, L. M. (1902). "New genera and species from the Belly River Series (Mid-Cretaceous)". Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology. 3: 23–81.
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
Plesiobaena


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