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
Coxopodite, 9 mm. long, 3 mm. wide, the middle of the notch 8 mm.
from the inner end, measured along the bottom, and 6 mm. measured
along the top.
Basipodite, 5 mm. long, 3 mm. wide
Ischiopodite, 4 " " 3 " "
Meropodite, 3.5 " " 2.5 " "
Carpopodite, 3.5 " " 2 " "
Propodite, 3 " " 1.25 " "
Dactylopodite, 2 " " 1.25 " "
The five distal segments of the last pygidial endopodite are together
10.5 mm. long. The whole six segments of the endopodite of the third
thoracic segments are together 21 mm. long. The distance from the
appendifer of the third segment to the outer end of the spine is 17
mm. From the center of the notch in the coxopodite to the outer end
is 1.5 mm., which, added to the length of the endopodite, 21 mm.,
makes a distance of 22.5 mm. from the appendifer to the tip of
the dactylopodite, showing that if projected straight outward, the
endopodites of the thorax would project 5.5 mm. beyond the test,
including spines.
The distance across the axial lobe from appendifer to appendifer on
the seventh thoracic segment is 12.5 mm. Measured along the top of
the coxopodite, it is 6 mm. from the middle of the notch to the inner
end, and measured along the bottom it is 8 mm. From the truncated form
of the ends it is evident that the coxopodites extended inward and
downward from the appendifers, and with the dimensions given above,
the inner toothed ends would practically meet on the median line.
Measurements on the appendages of the pygidia show that on this
specimen they extend back about twice as far beyond the edge of the
pygidium as they should, all being displaced.
Specimen No. 65514.
Illustrated: Walcott, Smithson. Misc. Coll., vol. 67, 1918,
pl. 19, figs. 1-3.
This specimen is so twisted apart that it is not possible to determine
to what segments the appendages belong, but it exhibits the best
preserved exopodites I have seen. The best one is just in front of the
pygidium on the matrix, and shows a form more easily seen than
described (our fig. 3). There is a broad, flat, leaf-like shaft, the
anterior side of which follows a smooth curve, while in the curve on
the posterior side, which is convex backward, there is a re-entrant,
setting off a small outer lobe whose length is about one third the
length of the whole. This lobe seems to be a continuation of the
shaft, and the test of the whole is wrinkled and evidently very thin.
The main and distal lobes of the shaft both bear numerous delicate
setæ, but those of the outer lobe are much shorter and finer than
those on the main portion. The latter are flattened and blade-like.
[Illustration: Fig. 3. Exopodite of _Neolenus serratus_ (Rominger), to
show form of the lobes of the shaft, and the setæ. × 4.]
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