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Abstract
Specimens of fossil Kinosternon were examined and described from the Blancan NALMA localities of Benson and 111 Ranch in Arizona. All were referred to Kinosternon arizonense. Kinosternon arizonense shares more derived characters with Kinosternon flavescens than with extant Kinosternon currently classified as Kinosternon arizonense, or any other Kinosternon species. Kinosternon stejnegeri new combination, is proposed for the extant species.
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Acknowledgements
For help in the field and lab, I thank Gavin McCullough, the Southwest Paleontological Society, and AzMNH paleontology volunteers; for help in the field, I thank Larry Thrasher, Richard White and Bureau of Land Management volunteers. For help in University of Arizona collections, I thank Everett Lindsay and George Bradley. Laura McCord was a great help in the preparation of this manuscript. The Bureau of Land Management assisted in many ways throughout the conduct of field work at 111 Ranch. A special thanks to Everett Lindsay and Yukimitsu Tomida in originally showing me the ropes at 111 Ranch many years ago. Who knew it would lead to this?
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