Plesiobaena antiqua
Taxon
Plesiobaena antiqua (Lambe, 1902)
Reconstructed length
~1 m (3.5 feet)
View
Left lateral
Drawing
© Scott Hartman
Drawn
2010
Clade
- Gnathostomata
- Tetrapoda
- Amniota
- Sauropsida
- Testudinata
- Baenidae
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Plesiobaena is a freshwater turtle from the Late Cretaceous of North America. Plesiobaena had a low, oval shell and belonged to the Baenidae, a diverse group of river turtles endemic to the Cretaceous and early Cenozoic North America.
