Plesiobaena

Plesiobaena Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, Campanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Reconstructed skeleton of P. antiqua, Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Pantestudines
Clade:	Testudinata
Clade:	†Paracryptodira
Family:	†Baenidae
Genus:	†Plesiobaena Lambe, 1902
Type species
†Plesiobaena antiqua Lambe, 1902

Plesiobaena is an extinct genus of turtle which existed in the Belly River Formation, Canada during the late Cretaceous period (Campanian age). It was first described by Lawrence Lambe in 1902, and the type species is Plesiobaena antiqua.

References

Further reading

• Brinkman, Donald B. (March 2003). "Anatomy and systematics of Plesiobaena antiqua (Testudines; Baenidae) from the mid-Campanian Judith River Group of Alberta, Canada". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 23 (1): 146–155. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2003)23[146:AASOPA]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0272-4634.
• Lyson, Tyler R.; Joyce, Walter G. (November 2009). "A revision of Plesiobaena (Testudines: 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. ISSN 0022-3360.
• Bellotti, Scott; Brinkman, Donald D.; Evers, Serjoscha W.; Joyce, Walter G.; Rollot, Yann (2026-09-28). "Assessment of intraspecific skull variation in the Campanian baenid turtle Plesiobaena antiqua". The Anatomical Record. doi:10.1002/ar.70352. ISSN 1932-8486.

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