. Brimleyana. Zoology; Ecology; Natural history. Turtles 17 This is the second report of fossil material of C. muhlenbergii (Holman 1977) and represents the first fossil record from the eastern United States south of Allegany County, Maryland. This is the first sympatric occurrence of C. muh- lenbergii and C. guttata in the fossil record. Fig. 5 Partial fossil carapace of Clemmys muhlenbergii (.429). from the Ardis local 0 3 cm 1 1 1 1 Terrapene Carolina major- Gulf Coast Box turtle (Agassiz, 1857) Material: An individual male specimen consisting of a partial carapace (SCSM ) l
. Brimleyana. Zoology; Ecology; Natural history. Turtles 17 This is the second report of fossil material of C. muhlenbergii (Holman 1977) and represents the first fossil record from the eastern United States south of Allegany County, Maryland. This is the first sympatric occurrence of C. muh- lenbergii and C. guttata in the fossil record. Fig. 5 Partial fossil carapace of Clemmys muhlenbergii (.429). from the Ardis local 0 3 cm 1 1 1 1 Terrapene Carolina major- Gulf Coast Box turtle (Agassiz, 1857) Material: An individual male specimen consisting of a partial carapace (SCSM ) lacking it's anterior edge (Fig. 6), complete plastron (SCSM ), partial skull (SCSM ), 8 cervical vertebrae (SCSM 17), 1 humerus (SCSM ), both scapulo-acromial processes (SCSM .7), both coracoids (SCSM ), complete pelvic girdle (SCSM ), 1 femur (SCSM ), 1 sacral rib (SCSM ). An indi- vidual female specimen consisting of a complete carapace (SCSM ) and plastron (SCSM ), 2 cervical vertebrae (SCSM ), both scapulo-acromial processes (SCSM ), both coracoids (SCSM ), both femora (SCSM ), and complete pelvic girdle (SCSM ). An individual female specimen consisitng of a complete carapace and plastron (SCSM ), 2 cervical vertebrae (SCSM ), 1 humerus (SCSM ), 1 scapulo-acromial process (SCSM ), both coracoids (SCSM ), 1 femur (SCSM ), com- plete pelvic girdle (SCSM ), and 1 caudal vertebra (SCSM 11). An individual male specimen with complete carapace (SCSM ) and pos- terior half of plastron from hinge (SCSM ). An individual female spec-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original w
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