ON FOSSIL TUETLES FROM THE PLEISTOCENE OF 



FLORIDA 



By Charles W. Gilmore 



Curator of Vertehrate Paleontology, United States National Museum 



INTRODUCTION 



In the collections of vertebrate fossils made in Florida by the joint 

 Amherst-Smithsonian Expedition in 1925 and by Dr. J. W. Gidley 

 in 1926 are a number of well-preserved turtle specimens pertaining 

 to the genus Terrapene. One of these, presented to the United States 

 National Museum together with other fossil specimens by Mr. C. P. 

 Singleton, of Melbourne, Fla., represents a new species, and I take 

 pleasure in naming it in his honor. 



The other specimens to be described belong to the little known 

 Te^^apene canaliculata Hay, and their description gives us for the 

 first time a complete knowledge of the carapace and plastron, and 

 thus places the species on an adequate basis. 



At this time I take pleasure in acknowledging my obligation to 

 Dr. F. B. Loomis for his generosity in placing the excellent Amherst 

 College specimens in my hands for study and description. 



TERRAPENE SINGLBTONI, new species 



Plate 1 



Type. — No. 11,181, United States National Museum; consists of 

 the greater part of a well-preserved carapace. Collected by C. P. 

 Singleton, 1924. 



Type locality. — Two miles west of Melbourne, Brevard County, 

 Fla. 



Hoi^zon. — Pleistocene. 



A nearly complete carapace of an extinct box turtle included in a 

 collection of Pleistocene fossils presented to the United States Na- 

 tional Museum by Mr. C. P. Singleton, of Melbourne, Fla., dis- 

 plays features which show it to be an undescribed species, and the 

 name Terrapene singUtoni is therefore proposed for its reception. 



No. 2687.— Proceedings U. S. National Museum, Vol. 71, Art. 15. 



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