Cedrobaena
| Cedrobaena Temporal range: Late Cretaceous-Paleocene
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| Genus: | Cedrobaena Lyson & Joyce, 2009
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Plesiobaena putorius | |
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]
References
- ^ a b Lyson, T.R. and Joyce, W.G. (2009). "A revision of Plesiobaena (Testudinoes: Baenidae) and an assessment of Baenid ecology across the K/T boundary". Journal of Paleontology. 83 (6): 833–853. doi:10.1666/09-035.1.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Gaffney, E. S. (1972). "The systematics of the North American family Baenidae (Reptilia, Cryptodira)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 147: 241–320.
- * Cedrobaena at the Paleobiology Database
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