. Brimleyana. Zoology; Ecology; Natural history. Turtles 11 humerus (.); 1 radius (.); 1 phalange (.). 2 mixed specimens both with partial fragmented carapaces and plastra (.115); 3 cervical vertebrae (. ); 2 humeri (.); 2 scapulo-acromial processes (. .); 2 coracoids (. ); 2 tibiae (.); 1 ilium (.); 1 phalange (.). Four individual specimens with fragmented carapace and plastron (.116-. 119). Two mixed specimens with badly fragmented carapaces and plastra (.120). Isolated elements: 16 nuchals (.)(3
. Brimleyana. Zoology; Ecology; Natural history. Turtles 11 humerus (.); 1 radius (.); 1 phalange (.). 2 mixed specimens both with partial fragmented carapaces and plastra (.115); 3 cervical vertebrae (. ); 2 humeri (.); 2 scapulo-acromial processes (. .); 2 coracoids (. ); 2 tibiae (.); 1 ilium (.); 1 phalange (.). Four individual specimens with fragmented carapace and plastron (.116-. 119). Two mixed specimens with badly fragmented carapaces and plastra (.120). Isolated elements: 16 nuchals (.)(3 USNM)(3 UF); (SCSM ) partial plastron; 10 right and 2 left epiplastra (.133-. 144); 2 entoplas- tra (.); 10 left and 3 right hyoplastra (.)(3 USNM)(3 UF); 1 right hypoplastron and xiphiplastron (.122); 5 left and 7 right hypoplasia (.152- .157)(3 USNM)(3 UF); 6 left and 9 right xiphiplastra (.)(2 USNM)(2 UF); 8 right and 6 left 2nd costals (.); 3 right and 1 left 3rd costals (.241- .244); 6 right and 3 left 4th costals (.); 7 right and 8 left 5th costals ); 4 right and 3 left 6th costal (.); 4 right and 1 left 7th costal (.); 56 peripherals (.); 1 mandible (.761); 2 right and 1 left mandibular rami (.); 10 humeri (.); 8 femora (.). Characters used for identification: Identification of complete shells was based on nuchal characters (Bentley and Knight 1993), and the alignment of the verte- bral and pleural sulci (Ernst and Barbour 1989) (Fig. 4). Hyoplastron - The humeral sulcus does not cross dorsally over the plas- tral scute overlap area, as in Clemmys. Terrapene and Emydoidea have hinged plastra. Elements of comparable size can be separated from Deirochelys reticu- laria as the dorsal scute overlap area in C. picta is wider and more sharply curved Fig. 4 Fossil carapace of Chrysemys picta (.110) from the Ardis local Please note that these images are extracted fro
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