Baenidae

Baenidae
Temporal range: Jurassic to Eocene
Shell of Baena arenosa (AMNH 1112)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Baeniodea
Family: Baenidae

Baenidae is an extinct family of cryptodiran turtles that first appeared during the Jurassic, and died out during the Eocene

Genera

References

Gaffney, Eugene S. (1972). "The systematics of the North American family Baenidae (Reptilia, Cryptodira).". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 147 (5): 241–320. 

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