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From: The implications of a Silurian and other thylacocephalan crustaceans for the functional morphology and systematic affinities of the group

Figure 2

Silurian thylacocephalan Thylacares brandonensis UWGM 1748. Color-marked version of Figure 1. A. Overview of part (counterpart on Figure 3) B. Close up of eyes. C. Close up of first raptorial appendage. D. Close up of raptorial appendages 2 and 3. E. Close up of trunk region, probably indicating segmental muscles. Abbreviations: ? = possible appendages anterior to the raptorial appendages; an = anus; ce = compound eye; e = element; gu = gut; lm = longitudinal muscle; md? = possible mandible; ra = raptorial appendage; se = spines of element; so = shield outline; te = telson; ts = trunk segment.

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BMC Ecology and Evolution

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