Palatobaena Explained

Palatobaena is an extinct genus of baenid turtle. It was first named by Gaffney in 1972 and the type species is Palatobaena bairdi. It based on a fragmentary skull from the Fort Union Formation of the Bighorn Basin of Wyoming.^[1] The two other species are P. gaffneyi (a complete skull from Eocene (Wasatchian North American Land Mammal Age))^[2] and P. cohen which existed in Hell Creek Formation, North Dakota during the late Cretaceous period (Maastrichtian age).^[3]

Notes and References

1. 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.
2. Archibald, J. D. . J. H. Hutchison . amp . 1979. Revision of the genus Palatobaena (Testudines, Baenidae), with the description of a new species. Postilla. 177. 1–19.
3. Lyson, T.R. . Joyce, W.G. . amp . 2009. A New Species of Palatobaena (Testudines: Baenidae) and a Maximum Parsimony and Bayesian Phylogenetic Analysis of Baenidae. Journal of Paleontology. 83. 3. 457–470. 10.1666/08-172.1. 86045244 .