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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 fauna. 



3 cm 

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Terrapene Carolina major- Gulf Coast Box turtle (Agassiz, 1857) 



Material: An individual male specimen consisting of a partial carapace (SCSM 

 91.165.1) lacking it's anterior edge (Fig. 6), complete plastron (SCSM 91.165.2), 

 partial skull (SCSM 91.165.19), 8 cervical vertebrae (SCSM 91. 165. 10-. 17), 1 

 humerus (SCSM 91.165.5), both scapulo-acromial processes (SCSM 91.165.6- 

 .7), both coracoids (SCSM 91.165.8-.9), complete pelvic girdle (SCSM 

 91.165.3), 1 femur (SCSM 91.165.4), 1 sacral rib (SCSM 91.165.18). An indi- 

 vidual female specimen consisting of a complete carapace (SCSM 91.163.1) and 

 plastron (SCSM 91.163.2), 2 cervical vertebrae (SCSM 91.163.10-.il), both 

 scapulo-acromial processes (SCSM 91. 163. 4-. 5), both coracoids (SCSM 

 91.163.8-.9), both femora (SCSM 91.163.6-.7), and complete pelvic girdle 

 (SCSM 91.163.3). An individual female specimen consisitng of a complete 

 carapace and plastron (SCSM 9 1.1 64.1 -.2), 2 cervical vertebrae (SCSM 

 91.164.9-.10), 1 humerus (SCSM 91.164.8), 1 scapulo-acromial process (SCSM 

 91.164.4), both coracoids (SCSM 91.164.5-.6), 1 femur (SCSM 91.164.7), com- 

 plete pelvic girdle (SCSM 91.164.3), and 1 caudal vertebra (SCSM 91.164. 11). 

 An individual male specimen with complete carapace (SCSM 91. 166. 1) and pos- 

 terior half of plastron from hinge (SCSM 91.166.2). An individual female spec- 



