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From: Fossils from South China redefine the ancestral euarthropod body plan

Fig. 4

Details from appendage and tailpiece morphology in jianfengiids. a, Sklerolibyon maomima gen. et. sp. nov. NIGPAS 169962, holotype and only specimen, from Mafang, close-up of trunk midsection. See also Additional file 1: Figure S1b. b, d, Fortiforceps foliosa. b, NIGPAS 169954, from Mafang, close-up of trunk endopods. See also Additional file 1: Figure S1c. c, Jianfengia multisegmentalis NIGPAS 169957, from Mafang, close-up of trunk endopods. See also Fig. 1c. d, NIGPAS 169949, from Ercaicun, posterior end including tailpiece. Arrows in a points to dorsal margin of endopod; in b and c, to podomere boundaries; and in d, to lateral margin of the medial element within the tailpiece. All pictures taken in non-polarized light and dry. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (a-c), 1 mm (d)

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