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From: Morphology and function in the Cambrian Burgess Shale megacheiran arthropod Leanchoilia superlata and the application of a descriptive matrix

Figure 8

Leanchoilia superlata Walcott, 1912, appendages two and three. A- C, ROM 61880; A, part, note the very small size of appendage two compared to appendage three; B, Close up of appendage two; C, Counterpart; D, ROM 61895, lateral view of great appendage, appendage two and three (exopod bipartite), arrows mark basipod setation; E, ROM 61872, endopod of appendage three with setation (arrows); additional abbreviations: bas = basipod; dex = distal part of exopod; en = endopod; ex = exopod; pex = proximal part of exopod.

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