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Janet A. Roth and Joshua Laerm 
Fig. 2. Map of Edisto Island, South Carolina, and adjacent coastal area. Insert, 
map of eastern United States indicating location of Edisto Island. 
MATERIALS AND METHODS 
In addition to examining and identifying previously collected 
museum materials from Edisto Island, fossils were collected on the island 
from June to August, 1978. Collecting was carried out by general surface 
survey of beach and stream banks and by screening of beach sand 
through 1/1 6-inch wire mesh. 
Museum abbreviations are as follows: 
ChM, Charleston Museum 
USNM, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian 
Institution 
HS, Hampden-Sydney College collections 
UGV, University of Georgia vertebrate fossil collections 
FAUNAL LIST 
The following faunal list includes all known mammalian and rep- 
tilian taxa from Edisto Island. Other fossil vertebrates are not included in 
this report. 
Class Reptilia 
Order Chelonia 
Family Chelydridae 
Chelydra serpentina 
