. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. KMYDIDiE. 29I catalog numbers 6019, 6020, 6024, and 6029. The level from which these were obtained is that known as horizon B. No. 6029 is taken as the type of the species. The portions of the skeleton presented by the specimens bear such close resemblance to the corresponding parts of Clemmys muhlenbergi that the species is referred provisionally to that genus. The type furnishes most of the anterior lobe of the plastron, a portion of the hinder lobe, a part of the nuchal, parts of the right first, second, and third peripherals, and the whole
. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. KMYDIDiE. 29I catalog numbers 6019, 6020, 6024, and 6029. The level from which these were obtained is that known as horizon B. No. 6029 is taken as the type of the species. The portions of the skeleton presented by the specimens bear such close resemblance to the corresponding parts of Clemmys muhlenbergi that the species is referred provisionally to that genus. The type furnishes most of the anterior lobe of the plastron, a portion of the hinder lobe, a part of the nuchal, parts of the right first, second, and third peripherals, and the whole free border of the left second peripheral. The nuchal (fig. 359) was about 19 mm. wide along the free border and about 32 mm. wide at the maximum. The front border is acute-edged, but the bone grows rapidly thicker until, at a distance of about 12 mm. behind the free border and near its articulation with the peripheral, it is 9 mm. thick. On the under side of the bone, at a distance of 15 mm. from the free border, behind the portion covered with horn, the thickness becomes suddenly reduced to 5 mm. The free edge of the first peripheral is acute next the nuchal. The second peripheral has a length of mm. along the free border. This is very obtuse, especially where it joins the third peripheral. The greatest thickness of this peripheral is 9 mm. On the under side, at a distance of 12 mm. from the free edge, the thickness is abruptly reduced to 3 mm. The nuchal scute is 9 mm. wide posteriorly and about 6 mm. long. The first marginal scute had a fore-and-aft extent, or height, of 12 mm. at the distal end. The second marginal at its distal end on the second peripheral was narrowed down to 7 mm. in height. The height of the third was'about 10 mm. at the distal end. On the lower side of the nuchal and of the peripherals the horny scutes extended backward as far as the thickened part of the bones Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that
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