Baena (turtle)

Baena; Temporal range: Late Cretaceous-Eocene, 70–40 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	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.^[2]

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).^[3]

References

^ J. Leidy. 1870. [Descriptions of Emys jaenesi, E. haydeni, Baena arenosa, and Saniwa ensidens]. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 1870:123-124
^ "Baena Leidy, 1870". www.gbif.org. GBIF. Retrieved 2021-02-20.
^ "Baena". Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

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