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English: Waptia fieldensis Walcott, 1912 [10] from the middle Cambrian (Series 3, Stage 5) Burgess Shale, British Columbia, Canada; preservational aspects. (a,b) USNM 57681a, USNM 139214; posterior part of body with a straight profile in dorsal and lateral views, respectively. (c–f) ROMIP 56421, USNM 268270, ROMIP 64281, USNM 529131, body with slightly curved, recurved and sigmoidal profile in lateral view. (g) ROMIP 64282 with carapace tilted downwards and most swimming (lamellate) appendages decayed. (h) ROMIP 64283, with broken abdominal region. (i) ROMIP 56427, specimen with disarticulated cephalic elements (carapace detached from the rest of the body; see also figure 6). (j) ROMIP 64284 with the anterior part detached from the rest of the body. All images are photographs taken under cross-polarized light. Abbreviations are as follows: an, antennule; ca, carapace; cr, caudal ramus; e, eye; la, lamellate post-cephalothoracic appendage. Scale bars: 1 cm. |
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| Source | Waptia fieldensis Walcott, a mandibulate arthropod from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsos.172206 |
| Author | Jean Vannier, Cédric Aria, Rod S. Taylor and Jean-Bernard Caron |
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