The Fossil Record of the Diamond-backed Terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin (Testudines: Emydidae)

Dana J. Ehret; Benjamin K. Atkinson

doi:10.1670/11-085

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Dana J. Ehret,^1,* Benjamin K. Atkinson²

¹1Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
²2Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611,

^*Corresponding Author. Present address: Department of Biology, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, New Jersey 07764 USA. E-mail: dehret@monmouth.edu

Abstract

New fossil materials of the Diamond-backed Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) are described from Late Pleistocene coastal deposits of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Specimens represent isolated carapacial bones from a number of different individuals. The fossils are identified as Malaclemys based on the features of scute sulci and the presence of annuli scars on most specimens. These new fossil records provide evidence that Malaclemys was distributed throughout the southeastern United States during the Late Pleistocene.

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Dana J. Ehret and Benjamin K. Atkinson "The Fossil Record of the Diamond-backed Terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin (Testudines: Emydidae)," Journal of Herpetology 46(3), 351-355, (1 September 2012). https://doi.org/10.1670/11-085

Accepted: 1 September 2011; Published: 1 September 2012

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