Reptilia - Testudines - Kinosternoidea
Synonym: Amphiemys Cope 1877
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1871. Supplement to the "Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia and Reptilia of North America". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12:41-52
Parent taxon: Pandermatemys according to W. G. Joyce and J. R. Bourque 2016
See also Carroll 1988, Cope 1877, Cope 1884, Gilmore 1919, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Hutchison and Weems 1998, Joyce et al. 2004, Knauss et al. 2011, Thurmond and Jones 1981, Weems 1988 and Wieland 1905
Sister taxa: Baptemys, Dermatemydidae, Hoplochelys
Subtaxa: Agomphus alabamensis Agomphus oxysternum Agomphus pectoralis
Type: Emys turgidus
Ecology: aquatic durophage-piscivore
Distribution:
• Clarkforkian of United States (1: South Carolina collection)
• Paleocene of United States (3: Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (2: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of United States (5: Georgia, New Jersey)
Total: 11 collections including 13 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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