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Agomphus
Taxonomy
Agomphus was named by Cope (1871). Its type is Emys turgidus.
It was assigned to Emydidae by Cope (1884); to Adocidae by Hay (1902), Wieland (1905) and Weems (1988); to Dermatemydidae by Gilmore (1919), Hay (1930), Thurmond and Jones (1981) and Carroll (1988); to Trionychoidea by Joyce et al. (2004); to Kinosternoidea by Knauss et al. (2011); and to Pandermatemys by Joyce and Bourque (2016).
It was assigned to Emydidae by Cope (1884); to Adocidae by Hay (1902), Wieland (1905) and Weems (1988); to Dermatemydidae by Gilmore (1919), Hay (1930), Thurmond and Jones (1981) and Carroll (1988); to Trionychoidea by Joyce et al. (2004); to Kinosternoidea by Knauss et al. (2011); and to Pandermatemys by Joyce and Bourque (2016).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1871 | Agomphus Cope p. 46 |
| 1877 | Amphiemys Cope p. 82 |
| 1884 | Agomphus Cope |
| 1884 | Amphiemys Cope |
| 1902 | Agomphus Hay p. 444 |
| 1905 | Agomphus Wieland p. 443 |
| 1919 | Agomphus Gilmore p. 123 |
| 1930 | Agomphus Hay p. 90 |
| 1981 | Agomphus Thurmond and Jones p. 122 |
| 1988 | Agomphus Carroll |
| 1988 | Agomphus Weems p. 115 |
| 2004 | Agomphus Joyce et al. |
| 2011 | Agomphus Knauss et al. |
| 2016 | Agomphus Joyce and Bourque |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Agomphus Cope 1871
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†Agomphus alabamensis Gilmore 1919
†Agomphus oxysternum Cope 1877
†Agomphus pectoralis Cope 1870
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Invalid names: Adocus petrosus Cope 1868 [synonym], Agomphus masculinus Wieland 1905 [synonym], Agomphus tardus Wieland 1905 [synonym], Emys turgidus Cope 1870 [synonym]
Invalid names: Amphiemys Cope 1877 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| carapace height | 1 | 150.0 |
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| References: Uetz 2005, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Campanian to the top of the Clarkforkian or 83.60000 to 54.90000 Ma
Collections (11 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Cretaceous | USA (Georgia) | Amphiemys oxysternum (152758) | |
| Campanian | USA (New Jersey) | Adocus petrosus (167781) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (New Jersey) | A. masculinus (48570) A. sp., A. turgidus (87903) A. tardus (87902) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Paleocene | USA (New Jersey) | A. pectoralis (128429) A. sp. (26819) | |
| Early/Lower Paleocene | USA (Georgia) | Amphiemys oxysternum (74548) | |
| Early/Lower Paleocene | USA (Alabama) | A. alabamensis (81889) | |
| Danian | USA (South Carolina) | A. pectoralis (115152) | |
| Clarkforkian | USA (South Carolina) | A. alabamensis, A. pectoralis (15074) |