- Source: Baena (turtle)
Baena (pronounced ba-en-na) is an extinct genus of baenid turtles that inhabited North America during the Late Cretaceous and early Paleogene. The genus name is thought to originate from a Native American language, possibly the Arapaho word for turtle, be’enoo.
Fossils of Baena have been found in locations including Kirtland Formation, Campanian New Mexico (B. sp.) (Cretaceous) and Ravenscrag Formation, Maastrichtian Canada (B. sp.) (Cretaceous).