Plesiobaena

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Plesiobaena
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, Campanian
Plesiobaena antiqua (TMP 1994.019.0001), Royal Tyrrell Museum, Drumheller, Alberta, 2025-07-13.jpg
P. antiqua, Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Pantestudines
Clade: Testudinata
Clade: Paracryptodira
Family: Baenidae
Genus: Plesiobaena
Lambe, 1902
Type species
Plesiobaena antiqua
Lambe, 1902

Plesiobaena is an extinct genus of turtle which existed in the Belly River Formation, Canada during the late Cretaceous period (Campanian age). [1] It was first named by Lawrence Lambe in 1902 and the type species is Plesiobaena antiqua. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Lambe, L. M. (1902). "New genera and species from the Belly River Series (Mid-Cretaceous)". Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology. 3: 23–81.