Plesiobaena Gaffney 1972 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudinata - Baenidae

Full reference: E. S. Gaffney. 1972. The systematics of the North American family Baenidae (Reptilia, Cryptodira). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 147(5):245-312

Parent taxon: Palatobaeninae according to T. R. Lyson et al. 2016

See also Anquetin 2012, Anquetin et al. 2009, Brinkman 2003, Bryant 1989, Carroll 1988, Gaffney 1972, Holroyd and Hutchison 2002, Hutchison and Holroyd 2003, Hutchison et al. 2013, Joyce 2007, Joyce and Lyson 2015, Lyson and Joyce 2009, Lyson and Joyce 2010, Lyson and Joyce 2011, Perea et al. 2014 and Smith et al. 2023

Sister taxa: Cedrobaena, Gamerabaena, Palatobaena

Subtaxa: Plesiobaena antiqua

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Paleocene of United States (2: Colorado collections)

• Cretaceous of Canada (7: Alberta), United States (21: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming)

Total: 30 collections each including a single occurrence

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