Reptilia - Testudinata - Baenidae
Parent taxon: Baenodda according to T. R. Lyson et al. 2016
See also Archibald and Hutchison 1979, Gaffney 1972 and Joyce and Lyson 2015
Sister taxa: Arvinachelys, Baenini, Palatobaeninae, Saxochelys, Scabremys
Subtaxa: Baena Baena marshi Boremys Chisternon Chisternon interpositum Denazinemys Goleremys Stygiochelys
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), United States (49: New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming)
• Paleocene of United States (10: California, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Wyoming)
• Cretaceous of Canada (7: Alberta, Saskatchewan), Mexico (1), United States (97: Montana, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 165 collections including 184 occurrences