Reptilia - Testudinata - Baenidae
Alternative combination: Baena cephalica
Full reference: O. P. Hay. 1904. On some fossil turtles belonging to the Marsh Collection in Yale University Museum. American Journal of Science, Fourth Series 18(106):261-276
Belongs to Eubaena according to Y. Rollot et al. 2018
See also Bryant 1989, Estes 1964, Estes and Berberian 1970, Gaffney 1972, Hay 1904, Hay 1908, Hay 1930 and Joyce and Lyson 2015
Sister taxon: Eubaena hatcheri
Type specimen: YPM 1785 (accession number 2110), a skull. Its type locality is Converse County (?now Niobrara County), Eubaena cephalica holotype locality, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Lance Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (6: Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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