Plesiobaena

Plesiobaena Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Superclass:	Tetrapoda
Class:	Sauropsida
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Infraorder:	Paracryptodira
Family:	Baenidae
Genus:	Plesiobaena Lambe, 1902
Species
P. antiqua Lambe, 1902 (type)

Plesiobaena is an extinct genus of turtle which existed in the Belly River Formation, Canada during the late Cretaceous period (Campanian age).^[1] It was first named by Lambe, L. M. in 1972 and the type species is Plesiobaena antiqua.^[1]

References

1 2 Lambe, L. M. (1902). "New genera and species from the Belly River Series (Mid-Cretaceous)". Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology 3: 23–81.

Extinct turtles

Triassic period	Pappochelys Odontochelys Proganochelys

Jurassic period	Australochelys Basilochelys Caribemys Condorchelys Dinochelys Dorsetochelys Eileanchelys Eurysternum Hispaniachelys Kayentachelys Palaeomedusa Sinaspideretes Thalassemys Uluops

Cretaceous period	Allopleuron Atlantochelys Angolachelys Anomalochelys Araripemys Archelon Bouliachelys Caririemys Cearachelys Chelosphargis Chupacabrachelys Compsemys Corsochelys Cratochelone Ctenochelys Desmatochelys Emarginachelys Foxemys Gigantatypus Gilmoremys Glyptops Jiangxichelys Kallokibotion Kinkonychelys Kirgizemys Khunnuchelys Kurmademys Liaochelys Lomalatachelys Notochelone Ocepechelon Pappigerus Paracryptodira Patagoniaemys Polysternon Pleurosternon Prochelidella Protostega Protostegidae Pneumatoarthrus Sankuchemys Santanachelys Sinemys Terlinguachelys Toxochelys Trionyx kansaiensis Yaminuechelys

Paleogene and Neogene period	Acherontemys Allaeochelys Anosteira Arabemys Argillochelys Aurorachelys Baenidae Berruchelus Carbonemys Carolinochelys Cedrobaena Cerrejonemys Chelodina murrayi Chelydrops Chelydropsis Chisternon Cosmochelys Crossochelys Elseya uberrima Elseya nadibajagu Eochelone Eosphargis Euclastes Gamerabaena Glarichelys Hadrianus Hesperotestudo Hutchemys Itilochelys Kinosternon pojoaque Macrocephalochelys Manchurochelys Meiolania Meiolaniidae Megalochelys Mesodermochelys Mexichelys Miocaretta Niolamia Ninjemys Pacifichelys Palaeotrionyx Palatobaena Parahydraspis Peckemys Planiplastron Plesiobaena Procolpochelys Protochelydra Protosphargis Psephophorus Puppigerus Rheodytes devisi Stupendemys Stylemys Syllomus Warkalania

Recent	Cylindraspis species: Domed Mauritius giant tortoise Domed Rodrigues giant tortoise Réunion giant tortoise Saddle-backed Mauritius giant tortoise Saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise Aldabrachelys abrupta Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii (Lonesome George)

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