A Review of the fossil record of turtles of the clade Baenidae
- Joyce, Walter G. Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Lyson, Tyler R. Denver Museum of Nature and Science, 2001 Colorado Boulevard, Denver, USA
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01.10.2015
Published in:
- Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. - 2015, vol. 56, no. 2, p. 147–183
English
The fossil record of the turtle clade Baenidae ranges from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian—Albian) to the Eocene. The group is present throughout North America during the Early Cretaceous, but is restricted to the western portions of the continents in the Late Cretaceous and Paleogene. No credible remains of the clade have been reported outside of North America to date. Baenids were warmadapted freshwater aquatic turtles that supported high levels of diversity at times through niche partitioning, particularly by adapting to a broad range of dietary preferences ranging from omnivorous to molluscivorous. Current phylogenies place Baenidae near the split of crown-group Testudines. Within Baenidae three more inclusive, named clades are recognized: Baenodda, Palatobaeninae and Eubaeninae. A taxonomic review of the group concludes that of 49 named taxa, 30 are nomina valida, 12 are nomina invalida and 7 are nomina dubia.
- Faculty
- Faculté des sciences et de médecine
- Department
- Département de Géosciences
- Language
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- English
- Classification
- Palaeontology
- License
- License undefined
- Identifiers
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- RERO DOC 257939
- DOI 10.3374/014.056.0203
- Persistent URL
- https://folia.unifr.ch/unifr/documents/304627
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