Baenidae
Baenidae | |
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Shell of Baena arenosa (AMNH 1112) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Infraorder: | †Paracryptodira |
Superfamily: | †Baenoidea |
Family: | †Baenidae Cope, 1882 |
Baenidae is an extinct family of cryptodiran turtles that first appeared during the Jurassic, and died out during the Eocene.[1]
Genera
- Arundelemys
- Arvinachelys
- Baena
- Boremys
- Cedrobaena
- Chisternon
- Gamerabaena
- Hayemys
- Neurankylus
- Palatobaena
- Peckemys
- Plesiobaena
- Protobaena
- Scabremys
- Thescelus
- Trinitichelys
Classification
The following cladogram shows the taxonomy and phylogeny of baenids according to Joyce & Lyson (2015).[2]
Baenidae |
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Cope, 1873 |
References
- ↑ Gaffney, Eugene S. (1972). "The systematics of the North American family Baenidae (Reptilia, Cryptodira)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 147 (5): 241–320.
- ↑ Joyce, W.G.; Lyson, T.R. (2015). "A review of the fossil record of turtles of the clade Baenidae". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 56: 147–183. doi:10.3374/014.056.0203.
External links
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