Peckemys Lyson and Joyce 2009 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudinata - Baenidae

Full reference: T. R. Lyson and W. G. Joyce. 2009. A revision of Plesiobaena (Testudines: Baenidae) and an assessment of baenid ecology across the K/T boundary. Journal of Paleontology 83(6):833-853

Parent taxon: Baenidae according to T. R. Lyson and W. G. Joyce 2011

See also Lyson and Joyce 2009

Sister taxa: Baena platyplastra, Baeninae, Baenodda, Edowa, Eubaena, Gehennachelys, Hayemydinae, Hayemys, Lakotemys, Neurankylus, Probaena, Protobaena, Stygichelys, Thescelus, Thescelus hemispherica, Trinitichelys, Trinitychelyinae

Subtaxa: none

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Tooth Draw Quarry (TD), Deer's Ears Butte (Cretaceous of South Dakota)

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