The Appendages, Anatomy, and Relationships of TrilobitesRaymond, Percy E. (Percy Edward)
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The Appendages, Anatomy, and Relationships of Trilobites
Raymond, Percy E. (Percy Edward)
Trilobites
_Measurements:_ The specimen (No. 210) is 20 mm. long, 9.5 mm. wide at
the back of the cephalon, and the antennules project 8 mm. in front of
the head. The smallest specimen on the slab is 6.5 mm. long. A
specimen 7.5 mm. long has antennules which project 2.5 mm. in front of
the cephalon.
Specimen No. 201 (pl. 2, fig. 1; pl. 3, fig. 4).
Illustrated: Amer. Jour. Sci., vol. 46, 1893, p. 469, figs. 2, 3;
Amer. Geol., vol. 13, 1894, pl. 3, figs. 8, 9.
An entire specimen 17 mm. long, exposed from the dorsal side. It shows
only traces of the appendages of the head, but displays well those of
the anterior part of the thorax, and a number of appendages emerge
from under the abdominal shield. This specimen is of particular
interest as it is the subject of the first of Professor Beecher's
papers on appendages of trilobites. On the right side the pleura have
been removed, so as to expose the appendages of the second, third, and
fourth segments from above. The first two of the appendages on the
right are best preserved, and these are the ones figured. They belong
to the second and third segments. The endopodites of each are ahead of
the exopodites, and the proximal portion of each exopodite overlies
portions of the first two segments (second and third) of the
corresponding endopodite. The coxopodites are not visible, but very
nearly the full length of the first segment of the endopodite (the
basipodite) is exposed. The first two visible segments (the first and
second) extend just to the margin of the pleural lobe, while the other
four extend beyond the dorsal cover. The segments decrease in length
outward, but not regularly, the meropodite being generally longer than
the ischiopodite or the carpopodite. The terminal segment
(dactylopodite) is short and bears short sharp hair-like spines which
articulate in sockets at the distal end. On this specimen the anterior
limb on the right side shows one terminal spine, the second endopodite
on that side has two, and two of the endopodites on the left-hand side
preserve two each. The segments of the limbs are nearly cylindrical,
but the ischiopodites and meropodites of several of the endopodites
show rather deep longitudinal grooves which appear to be rather the
result of the shrinkage of the thin test than natural conformations.
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