Cedrobaena

Cedrobaena; Temporal range: Late Cretaceous-Paleocene 63.3–56.8 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Cedrobaena putorius in National Museum of Nature and Science
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Family:	†Baenidae
Genus:	†Cedrobaena; Lyson & Joyce, 2009
Type species
	Cedrobaena putorius; Gaffney, 1972
Synonyms
	Plesiobaena putorius

Cedrobaena is an extinct genus of turtle which existed in the Tiffanian Cedar Point Quarry, Wyoming and in the latest Maastrichtian Hell Creek Formation, United States.[1] It was first named by Tyler R. Lyson and Walter G. Joyce in 2009 and the type species is Cedrobaena putorius.[1][2]

References

Lyson, T.R.; Joyce, W.G. (2009). "A revision of Plesiobaena (Testudinoes: Baenidae) and an assessment of Baenid ecology across the K/T boundary". Journal of Paleontology. 83 (6): 833–853. doi:10.1666/09-035.1.
Gaffney, E. S. (1972). "The systematics of the North American family Baenidae (Reptilia, Cryptodira)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 147: 241–320.

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