Plesiobaena

Plesiobaena
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Testudines
Suborder:Cryptodira
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).[1] It was first named by Lambe, L. M. in 1972 and the type species is Plesiobaena antiqua.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Lambe, L. M. (1902). "New genera and species from the Belly River Series (Mid-Cretaceous)". Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology. 3: 23–81.


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