Chisternon

Chisternon
Chisternon
Temporal range: Jurassic-Eocene
Chisternon undatum, American Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Superclass: Tetrapoda
Class: Sauropsida
Subclass: Anapsida
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Infraorder: Paracryptodira
Superfamily: Baeniodea
Family: Baenidae
Genus: Chisternon
Leidy, 1872

Chisternon is a genus of baenid cryptodiran turtle from the Eocene of North America.

Sources

  • The Osteology of the Reptiles by Alfred Sherwood Romer

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