Reptilia - Testudinata - Baenidae
Alternative combination: Peckemys brinkman
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
Belongs to Cedrobaena according to T. R. Lyson et al. 2016
See also Joyce and Lyson 2015 and Lyson and Joyce 2009
Sister taxon: Cedrobaena putorius
Type specimen: UMMP 20490, a skeleton (an almost complete skeleton). Its type locality is Near Fort Peck (Peckemys brinkman type locality), which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Hell Creek Formation of Montana.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (4: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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