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
A small specimen, developed from the lower side, and used by Professor
Beecher to illustrate the form of the segments of the endopodites of
the pygidium. In addition to this, it shows very well the form of the
endopodites of the thorax. All of the appendages on the specimen are
shifted to the left of their normal position. This specimen differs
from most of the others in that the segments of the endopodites do not
lie with their greatest width in the horizontal plane, but were
embedded vertically, with the posterior edge downward. From this
circumstance they retain their natural shape, and it is seen that they
are naturally flattened, with about the same thickness in proportion
to length and width as in some of the modern isopods (Serolis, for
instance). In even the most anterior of these endopodites (that of the
second segment) the ischiopodite, meropodite, and carpopodite are
triangular in shape, with the point backward, but in all the
endopodites at the anterior end of the thorax, the triangle has a very
obtuse angle at the apex, and the base is much longer than the
perpendicular. On the other hand, those of the pygidium, which were
figured by Beecher, have a number of short wide segments, all wider
than long, and, excepting the dactylopodites, triangular in form.
_Measurements:_ Length, 8.75 mm.; width at back of cephalon,
about 4 mm.
Specimen No. 230 (pl. 5, fig. 3; text fig. 44).
Illustrated: Amer. Jour. Sci., vol. 47, 1894, pl. 7, fig. 2
(drawing); Ibid., vol. 13, 1902, pl. 2, fig. 2.
[Illustration: Fig. 44.--_Triarthrus becki_ Green. Appendages of the
posterior part of the thorax and pygidium of specimen 230. Inked by
Miss Wood from a tracing made under the direction of Professor
Beecher.]
An entire specimen of medium size, developed from the ventral side. It
seems to have been the first one to yield to Professor Beecher any
satisfactory knowledge of the appendages of the pygidium. There are
five endopodites, all on one side, which appear to belong here. The
segments in this region are characterized by their short, wide,
triangular form. At the apex of each is a small tuft of spines or
short hairs, and the ventral surfaces of some of the endopodites show
pits for the insertion of spines.
_Measurements:_ Length, 21 mm.; width at back of cephalon, 10 mm.
Cryptolithus tessellatus Green.
Specimen No. 233 (pl. 7, fig. 1; text fig. 45).
This is the best preserved entire specimen. It is developed from the
lower side, and shows the hypostoma, antennules, and a few fragmentary
appendages of the cephalon, the outer portions of the exopodites of
thorax and pygidium on both sides, and the endopodites on the left
side.
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