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Probaena

Reptilia - Baenidae

Taxonomy
Probaena was named by Hay (1903). Its type is Probaena sculpta.

It was assigned to Baenidae by Hay (1908) and Hay (1930).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Probaena Hay p. 201 figs. plate iii, figs. I, 2
1908Probaena Hay p. 58
1930Probaena Hay p. 71

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
—Paracryptodira
familyBaenidaeCope 1882
genusProbaena

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.

G. †Probaena Hay 1903
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
O. P. Hay 1908A genus closely related to Baena, but with a more deprest carapace, the hinder border of which is little or not at all notcht. Vertebral scutes broader than the costal scutes. Plastron with its hinder lobe rounded. A fontanel (permanent ?) between inner ends of mesoplastra.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available