Cedrobaena
Extinct genus of turtles From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cedrobaena is an extinct genus of turtle which existed in the Tiffanian Cedar Point Quarry, Wyoming and in the latest Maastrichtian Hell Creek Formation, United States.[1] It was first named by Tyler R. Lyson and Walter G. Joyce in 2009 and the type species is Cedrobaena putorius.[1][2]
| Cedrobaena Temporal range: Late Cretaceous-Paleocene | |
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| Cedrobaena putorius in National Museum of Nature and Science | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pantestudines |
| Clade: | Testudinata |
| Clade: | †Paracryptodira |
| Family: | †Baenidae |
| Genus: | †Cedrobaena Lyson & Joyce, 2009 |
| Type species | |
| Cedrobaena putorius Gaffney, 1972 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Plesiobaena putorius | |
References
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