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Palatobaeninae

Reptilia - Baenidae

Taxonomy
Palatobaeninae was named by Gaffney (1972).

It was reranked as the unranked clade Palatobaeninae by Joyce and Lyson (2015), Lyson et al. (2016).

It was assigned to Baenidae by Gaffney (1972); and to Baenodda by Joyce and Lyson (2015), Lyson et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Palatobaeninae Gaffney pp. 248, 269
2015Palatobaeninae Joyce and Lyson
2016Palatobaeninae Lyson et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
—Paracryptodira
familyBaenidaeCope 1882
—Baenodda()
—Palatobaeninae()
—Palatobaeninae()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Unr. †Palatobaeninae Gaffney 1972
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G. †Cedrobaena Lyson and Joyce 2009
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†Cedrobaena brinkman Lyson and Joyce 2009
†Cedrobaena putorius Gaffney 1972
G. †Gamerabaena Lyson and Joyce 2010
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†Gamerabaena sonsalla Lyson and Joyce 2010
G. †Palatobaena Gaffney 1972
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†Palatobaena bairdi Gaffney 1972
†Palatobaena cohen Lyson and Joyce 2009
†Palatobaena gaffneyi Archibald and Hutchison 1979
†Palatobaena knellerorum Lyson et al. 2021
G. †Plesiobaena Gaffney 1972
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†Plesiobaena antiqua Lambe 1902
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Invalid names: Baena callosa Hay 1905 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. S. Gaffney 1972Baenids with wide, almost circular skull, broadly curved in dorsal view; temporal emargination relatively shallow; nasals not expanded laterally but extended anteriorly into short shelf; prefrontal with limited dorsal exposure; parietal larger than frontal; quadratojugal morphology indeterminate; triturating surfaces widely expanded to form triangular crushing areas, surfaces flat, with low, blunt lingual ridge and vestigial tomial ridge; orbits open dorsolaterally, ridge separating orbital floor from cheek; postcranium unknown.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Judithian to the top of the Wasatchian or 83.50000 to 50.30000 Ma

Collections (56 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Canada (Alberta) Baena antiqua (123085) Plesiobaena antiqua (123097)
Judithian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Plesiobaena antiqua (14471 52927)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Plesiobaena antiqua (227125) Plesiobaena sp. (98674)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Baena antiqua (123086)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) Baena callosa (128560)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Plesiobaena antiqua (45135 45313)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Palatobaena sp. (137728) Palatobaena sp., Plesiobaena antiquus (137706) Plesiobaena antiqua (14610)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Colorado) Peckemys brinkman (96082)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) Palatobaena bairdi (14516 14582 118483) Plesiobaena antiqua (14653)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Colorado) Plesiobaena antiqua (46210)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Eubaena cephalica (14585)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Plesiobaena antiqua (45390) Plesiobaena sp. (224484)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) Palatobaena bairdi (13142 48629) Palatobaena cohen (189003) Plesiobaena antiqua (229841) Testudinata sp. (122906)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Gamerabaena sonsalla (118381) Palatobaena cohen, Cedrobaena putorius, Peckemys brinkman (122903) Plesiobaena antiqua (45099 45109 45118 45133 45137 45144 45145 45381 45382) Plesiobaena sp. (137720)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Montana) Peckemys brinkman (168335)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Colorado) Palatobaena bairdi (14678) Palatobaena sp. (209874 209899 209958 210031) Plesiobaena antiqua (176862) Plesiobaena sp., Palatobaena bairdi (118484)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Montana) Palatobaena bairdi (14874 14876)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Wyoming) Cedrobaena putorius (14912) Plesiobaena putorius (14886 128433)
Ti361.7 - 56.8Canada (Alberta) Palatobaena sp. (14992)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Palatobaena bairdi, Plesiobaena putorius (15017)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Palatobaena gaffneyi (118482) Palatobaena sp. (59890)