Chisternon
Extinct genus of turtles
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Chisternon is a genus of baenid turtles from the Eocene of North America.
| Chisternon Temporal range: Eocene | |
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| Chisternon undatum, American Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pantestudines |
| Clade: | Testudinata |
| Clade: | †Paracryptodira |
| Family: | †Baenidae |
| Genus: | †Chisternon Leidy, 1872 |
References
- The Osteology of the Reptiles by Alfred Sherwood Romer
External links
- Chisternon in the Paleobiology Database
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