A Monograph of the Trilobites of North America: with Coloured Models of the SpeciesGreen, Jacob
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A Monograph of the Trilobites of North America: with Coloured Models of the Species
Green, Jacob
Paleontology -- North America; Trilobites -- North America
The buckler is probably semilunate; but as the anterior portion is
lost, this cannot be determined with precision. The posterior raised
rim is not continuous, as in the C. Selenecephala, but is separated by
the longitudinal dorsal furrows. The front is distinctly divided from
the cheeks, and has four tubercular prominences on each side. Three
of them are nearly on a line with the lateral edge of the cheeks, and
gradually diminish in size, as they descend to the anterior part of
the buckler. The other is smaller, and is between, and a little to
the side, of the upper two. The cheeks form spherical triangles. The
oculiferous prominences are close to the second large tubercle on the
front. The cheeks are, however, quite imperfect. The articulations
of the back cannot be distinguished from those of the tail. In our
specimen they are all beautifully distinct, and are twenty-two in
number. The posterior raised rim of the buckler seems to form an
articulation; its extremities on each side are a good deal thickened
and expanded. The costal arches suddenly curve downwards and backwards,
near their middle, so as to divide the abdomen and tail into five
unequal sections. The whole length is nearly three inches. The breadth
of the buckler nearly two inches.
This fine large Calymene was accidentally discovered on the Helderberg
mountain, by my friend, Professor T. R. Beck. One of the loose pieces
of sandstone rolling over, near his feet, presented him the fine
natural mould, from which he has kindly permitted our cast to be taken.
The animal relic once enclosed in this matrix, must still be near that
locality, and yet remains undiscovered, to reward the enterprise of
some more fortunate naturalist.
One of our models represents the natural mould found by Dr. Beck. The
other is a cast taken from it and exhibits, more satisfactorily, the
various parts of the animal.
Calymene Microps.[17] _Green._ Cast No. 6.
[Footnote 17: From the Greek for "small eyes."]
Clypeo antice subattenuato; occulis minimis in lateribus capitis;
abdominis articulis a 14 ad 18; corpore depresso.
The buckler is semi-elliptical, slightly punctate, and much depressed
anteriorly; the front and cheeks are not very distinctly marked. The
eyes are very remote from each other, being situated near the posterior
lateral angles of the head. They are not very prominent, and exhibit
no marks of being reticulated. Before the eye on each side, there is
a slight transverse indentation. It is difficult to distinguish the
articulations of the abdomen from those of the tail. They are from
fourteen to eighteen in number. Where the lateral lobes remain perfect,
two narrow raised lines appear between each of the ribs; these are
most evident on the caudal extremities of the animal. The middle lobe
is in the form of a long, slender, and acute cone. The whole animal is
an inch and a quarter long, and is much more depressed than any other
Calymene which we have seen.
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