''Chisternon'' is a
genus of
baenid
Baenidae is an extinct family of paracryptodiran turtles known from the Early Cretaceous to Eocene of North America. While during the Early Cretaceous they are found across North America, during the Late Cretaceous they are only found in Laramidi ...
turtles from the
Eocene of
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...
.
References
*''The Osteology of the Reptiles'' by Alfred Sherwood Romer
External links
''Chisternon''in the
Paleobiology Database
Baenidae
Prehistoric turtle genera
Eocene turtles
Eocene reptiles of North America
Fossil taxa described in 1872
Taxa named by Joseph Leidy
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