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
Fig. 5. Specimen 222. This specimen is interesting, because it shows
the endopodites in what is probably their natural position, that is,
in a plane nearly vertical to the plane of the body, instead of being
flattened down, as is usually the case. The appendages under the
pygidium are unusually well preserved. × 12.
Fig. 6. Specimen 204. Photograph of the entire specimen of which a
part is shown in text fig. 42 and pl. 3, fig. 1. × 4.5.
PLATE IV.
HELIOTYPE CO. BOSTON
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PLATE 5.
Photographs of _Triarthrus becki_, made by C. E. Beecher.
Fig. 1. Specimen 209. Photograph of the pygidium shown in pl. 6, fig.
2. This specimen shows especially well the way in which the exopodites
of the pygidium decrease in length backward, × 11.5.
Fig. 2. Specimen 229. The under side of the posterior end of a
medium-sized specimen, showing the appendages, especially the
endopodites. On and among the limbs are scattered numerous minute
spheres of pyrite, of the kind usually known as "trilobite eggs." They
do not show very well in the photograph, but can be made out much more
clearly with a hand lens, × 12.
Fig. 3. Specimen 230. A specimen showing the appendages of the
posterior part of the thorax and the pygidium. The same individual is
also shown in text fig. 44. Note particularly the form of the segments
of the endopodites, and the spines on them, × 13.
Fig. 4. Specimen 227. The small doubly curved bodies shown in this
figure lie under the axial portion of the cephalon and anterior part
of the thorax. The specimen still has a very thin coating of matrix
between it and the shell. Whether the curved bodies have anything to
do with the trilobite is not known, × about 12.
Fig. 5. Specimen 221. A small individual which shows well the
exopodites of the posterior part of the thorax. Note the spatulate
terminations and the spines of the shaft, × 11.
Fig. 6. Specimen 202. Posterior part of the thorax and pygidium,
showing endopodites and exopodites projecting under the dorsal test.
Note the spiniferous plate on the median line, and the large opening
in the anterior portion of it. × 9.75
PLATE V.
HELIOTYPE CO. BOSTON
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PLATE 6.
All figures except 4 and 5, from photographs by C. E. Beecher.
Fig. 1. _Triarthrus becki_. Specimen 203. A well preserved small
individual, showing the appendages of the right side of the thorax. ×
11.46.
Fig. 2. _Triarthrus becki_. Specimen 209. A well preserved individual,
showing the antennules and some appendages of thorax and pygidium. For
detail of the pygidium, see pl. 5, fig. 1. × 4.
Fig. 3. _Triarthrus becki_. Specimen 218. Ventral side of the pygidium
and greater part of the thorax of an individual of medium size. Note
especially the relation of exopodites to endopodites of the last two
thoracic segments. A drawing of these appendages is shown on text fig.
43. × 4,3.
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