Of the several species of fossil _Terrapene_ described (Hay,
1908b:359-367, Auffenberg, 1958), most are clearly allied to Recent
_T. carolina_. One species, _Terrapene longinsulae_ Hay,
(1908a:166-168, Pl. 26) from "... the Upper Miocene or Lower
Pliocene...." of Phillips County, Kansas, however, is closely related
to _T. ornata_ (if not identical). I have examined the type specimen
of _T. longinsulae_. Stock and Bode (1936:234, Pl. 8) reported _T.
ornata_ from sub-Recent deposits near Clovis, Curry County, New
Mexico.