Baena (genus)

Baena
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous-Eocene,
Shell of B. arenosa (specimen AMNH 1112)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Pantestudines
Clade: Testudinata
Clade: Paracryptodira
Family: Baenidae
Clade: Baenodda
(unranked): Eubaeninae
Genus: Baena
Leidy, 1870
Type species
Baena arenosa
Leidy, 1870
Species
  • Baena affinis Leidy, 1871
  • Baena arenosa Leidy, 1870
  • Baena escavada Hay, 1909
  • Baena hayi Gilmore, 1916
  • Baena marshi Hay, 1904

Baena is an extinct genus of baenid turtles.

Fossils of Baena have been found in locations including Kirtland Formation, Campanian New Mexico (B. sp.) (Cretaceous) and Ravenscrag Formation, Maastrichtian Canada (B. sp.) (Cretaceous).

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