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
Illustrated: Amer. Jour. Sci., vol. 13, 1902, pl. 5, figs. 2, 3
(photographs).
This is a small imperfect specimen, developed from the ventral side.
It retains the best preserved metastoma in the collection, but was
used by Professor Beecher especially to illustrate the convergent
ridges on the inside of the ventral membrane in the axial region of
the thorax. These ridges are very low, and on each segment of the
thorax there is a central one, outside of which is a pair which are
convergent forward, making angles of 35 to 45 with the axis.
The metastoma is shaped much like the hypostoma of an _Illænus_. It is
convex, nearly semicircular, with the straight side forward, and there
is a continuous raised border around the curved sides and back. This
border is separated from the central convex body by a deep linear
depression.
The hypostoma is also rather well preserved and has a narrow, slightly
elevated border at the sides and back.
_Measurements:_ The incomplete specimen, from which only a very small
portion of the length is missing, is 9 mm. long. The metastoma is 0.45
mm. long and 0.58 mm. wide.
Specimen No. 214 (pl. 1, fig. 2; pl. 3, fig. 6).
This is a large specimen, developed from the ventral side. It shows
the antennules and some other appendages of the head, but derives its
special interest from the excellent preservation of a few of the
exopodites, which are turned back parallel to the axis of the body and
lie within the axial lobe.
The shaft of the exopodite is made up of numerous short segments which
at their anterior outer angles are produced into spines, and which
also bear movable spines along the anterior border. As shown in
several other specimens, the exopodite ends in a more or less long
spoon-shaped segment bearing on its lower surface a broad groove. No
setæ appear to be attached to this, but both anterior and posterior
margins bear numerous small, apparently movable spines. From the
groove along the ventral side of the remainder of the exopodite arise
numerous long slender filaments which become progressively shorter
toward the tip. This specimen shows that they are not cylindrical, but
are flattened along opposite faces, at least at their distal ends.
While no connection can be seen between adjacent setæ, they seem to
stay together like the barbs on a feather.
_Measurements:_ Length, 33 mm., width at back of cephalon, 16 mm.;
from front of cephalon to back of hypostoma, 6 mm.
Specimen No. 219 (pl. 2, fig. 6; pl. 4, fig. 4).
Illustrated: Amer. Jour. Sci., vol. 13, 1902, pl. 4, fig. 1, pl. 5,
fig. 4 (photograph and drawing).
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