Agomphus
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| Agomphus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Superfamily: | Kinosternoidea |
| Genus: | †Agomphus Cope 1871[1] |
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Agomphus is a genus of extinct turtles in the family Kinosternoidea. It existed from the Late Cretaceous to Eocene. Fossils have been found in the Eastern United States (such as in Georgia, New Jersey, South Carolina and Alabama).[2]
Agomphus was named by Edward Drinker Cope in the 1870s, the type specimen was found in New Jersey.[3][4]
