Agrionemys Khosatzky and Mlynarsky 1966 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

Parent taxon: Testudininae according to F. de Lapparent de Broin et al. 2020

See also de la Fuente et al. 2014, van Dijk et al. 2014 and Vlachos and Rabi 2018

Sister taxa: Centrochelys, Cheirogaster, Ergilemys, Geochelona, Geochelone, Geoemydinei, Gigantochersina, Impregnochelys, Indotestudo, Kinixys, Mesochersus, Namibchersus, Paleotestudo, Stigmochelys, Stylemys, Testudinini

Subtaxa: Agrionemys horsfieldii

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-herbivore

Distribution: found only at Sherullah 9 (Miocene of Afghanistan)

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