Reptilia - Testudines - Kinosternoidea
Alternative combination: Amphiemys oxysternum
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1877. On a new species of Adocidae from the Tertiary of Georgia. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 17(100):82-84
Belongs to Agomphus according to W. G. Joyce and J. R. Bourque 2016
See also Cope 1877, Hay 1902, Hay 1908 and Hay 1930
Sister taxa: Agomphus alabamensis, Agomphus pectoralis
Type specimen: Geological Survey of Georgia specimen, a partial shell (plastron and anterior half of carapace). Its type locality is Amphiemys oxysternum type locality, near Montezuma, which is in a Paleocene marine limestone in Georgia.
Ecology: aquatic durophage-piscivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (1: Georgia collection)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: Georgia)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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