| Source Data | |
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Baenidae : Baena |
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Classification
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Baena | genus | belongs to Chelonia | stated with evidence | Leidy, 1873 | | Baena | genus | belongs to Baenidae | stated without evidence | Cope, 1884 | | Baena | genus | belongs to Pleurosternidae | stated without evidence | Hay, 1902 | | Baena | genus | belongs to Baenidae | stated with evidence | Hay, 1908 | | Baena | genus | belongs to Baenidae | stated without evidence | Gilmore, 1915 | | Baena | genus | belongs to Baenidae | stated with evidence | Gilmore, 1919 | | Baena | genus | belongs to Baeninae | stated with evidence | Gaffney, 1972 | | Baena | genus | belongs to Baenidae | implied | Carroll, 1988 | | Baena | genus | belongs to Baenidae | stated without evidence | Hutchison, 1992 | | Baena | genus | belongs to Baenidae | stated with evidence | Joyce, 2007 | | Baena | genus | belongs to Paracryptodira | stated without evidence | Anquetin et al., 2009 | | Baena | genus | belongs to Baenodda | stated with evidence | Lyson and Joyce, 2010 | | Baena | genus | belongs to Baenidae | stated with evidence | Lyson and Joyce, 2011 | | Baena | genus | belongs to Eubaeninae | stated with evidence | Joyce and Lyson, 2015 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 83.6 - 72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 46.2 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene |
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| Environment | freshwater (based on Baena) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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| Diet | carnivore (based on Baena) |
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| Ecospace Comments | length about 460 mm estimated from text figure |
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| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. Leidy. 1870. [Descriptions of Emys jaenesi, E. haydeni, Baena arenosa, and Saniwa ensidens]. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 1870:123-124 |
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| Leidy J. [Descriptions of Emys jaenesi, E. haydeni, Baena arenosa, and Saniwa ensidens], Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 1870, 123-124 |
| Leidy J. Part I. Contributions to the extinct vertebrate fauna of the western territories, Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories 1, 1-358 |
| Cope E. D. Testudinata, The Vertebrata of the Tertiary formations of the West. In: Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories 3, 111-150 |
| Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868 |
| Lambe L. M. (1906) Boremys, a new chelonian genus from the Cretaceous of Alberta, The Ottawa Naturalist 19 12, 232-234 |
| Hay O. P. (1908) The fossil turtles of North America, Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 75, 1-568 |
| Gilmore C. W. (1915) The fossil turtles of the Uinta Formation, Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum 7 2, 101-161 |
| Gilmore C. W. (1916) Contributions to the geology and paleontology of San Juan County, New Mexico. 2. Vertebrate faunas of the Ojo Alamo, Kirtland and Fruitland Formations, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 98-Q, 279-302 |
| Gilmore C. W. (1919) New fossil turtles, with notes on two described species, Proceedings of the United States National Museum 56 2282, 113-132 |
| Estes R. (1964) Fossil vertebrates from the Late Cretaceous Lance Formation, eastern Wyoming, University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 49, 1-187 |
| Gaffney E. S. (1972) The systematics of the North American family Baenidae (Reptilia, Cryptodira), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 147 5, 245-312 |
| Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698 |
| Hutchison J. H. (1992) Western North American reptile and amphibian record across the Eocene/Oligocene boundary and its climatic implications, D. R. Prothero and W. A. Berggren (eds.), Eocene-Oligocene Climatic and Biotic Evolution, 451-463 |
| Holroyd P. A., Hutchison J. H., et al (2001) Turtle diversity and abundance through the lower Eocene Willwood Formation of the southern Bighorn Basin, University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 33, 97-108 |
| Anquetin J., Barrett P. M., et al (2009) A new stem turtle from the Middle Jurassic of Scotland: new insights into the evolution and palaeoecology of basal turtles, Proceedings of the Royal Society B 276, 879-886 doi:10.1098/rspb.2008.1429 |
| Lyson T. R., Joyce W. G. (2010) A new baenid turtle from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Hell Creek Formation of North Dakota and a preliminary taxonomic review of Cretaceous Baenidae, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 2, 394-402 |
| Lyson T. R., Joyce W. G. (2011) Cranial anatomy and phylogenetic placement of the enigmatic turtle Compsemys victa Leidy, 1856, Journal of Paleontology 85 4, 789-801 doi:10.1666/10-081.1 |
| Joyce W. G., Lyson T. R. (2015) A Review of the Fossil Record of Turtles of the Clade Baenidae, Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 56 2, 147-183 doi:10.3374/014.056.0203 |
| Lyson T. R., Joyce W. G., et al (2016) A new baenid turtle from the early Paleocene (Torrejonian) of New Mexico and a species-level phylogenetic analysis of Baenidae, Journal of Paleontology doi:10.1017/jpa.2016.47 |
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