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
1871.--On the structure of trilobites. Geol. Mag., dec. 1, vol. 8,
pp. 289-294, pl. 8.
1884.--Notes on the appendages of trilobites. Geol. Mag., dec. 3,
vol. 1, pp. 162-165, 2 text figs.
1895.--Some points in the life history of the Crustacea in early
Palæozoic times. Quart. Jour. Geol. Soc., London, vol. 51,
pp. lxx-lxxxviii, 1 pl.
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PLATE 1.
Photographs of _Triarthrus becki_, made by C. E. Beecher.
Fig. 1. Specimen 213. The dorsal test has been removed from the
glabella, revealing the outline of the posterior end of the hypostoma,
the proximal ends of the antennules, the gnathites, and incomplete
endopodites of some appendages, × 5.43.
Fig. 2. Specimen 214. The head of a complete large specimen. Part of
the thorax is shown on pl. 3, fig. 6. Note especially the form of the
segments of the endopodites and of the anterior coxopodite on the
right side, × 7.33.
Fig. 3. Specimen 217. This specimen shows better than any other the
form of the gnathites of the cephalon. Note also the setæ of the
exopodites under the cheek at the right. The appearance of a hook on
the posterior gnathite on the right may be accidental, but it does not
show broken edges, × 6.85.
Fig. 4. Specimen 215. The ventral side of the cephalon of a small
entire specimen. Shows well the form of some of the gnathites and a
few of the endopodites. Note the unusual position of the antennules. ×
7.63.
Fig. 5. Specimen 226. This specimen did not photograph well, but is
important as showing the exopodites and endopodites emerging from
under the cephalon. × about 6.
PLATE I.
HELIOTYPE CO. BOSTON
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PLATE 2.
Photographs of _Triarthrus becki_, made by C. E. Beecher.
Fig. 1. Specimen 201. The entire specimen, details of which are shown
in pl. 3, fig. 4 and pl. 4, figs. 1, 2. The dorsal test has been
removed from the anterior segments on the right side. × 4.12.
Fig. 2. Specimen 206. A small individual with the endopodites, and the
exopodites minus their setæ; well preserved on the left side. Note the
position of the antennules. The course of the facial suture is
unusually well shown. × 10.
Fig. 3. Specimen 210. The specimen which served as the main basis for
Professor Beecher's first figure of the appendages of the thorax,
specimen 206 (fig. 2, this plate) having supplemented it. Note the
"normal" position of the antennules and the extension of the
appendages from beneath the pleural lobe. Specimens with the
antennules in this position may possibly be males. × 4.
Fig. 4. Specimen 205. A small specimen with some of the appendages
preserved, especially toward the posterior end, but particularly
valuable for the unusually well preserved metastoma. × 11.
Fig. 5. Specimen 211. A small cephalon, cleaned from the ventral side,
and showing well the gnathites which approach each other unusually
closely on the median line. × 10.5.
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