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Description: Holotype and only known specimen of phalangiotarbid Goniotarbus angulatus (NHM In 22838). (A) Dorsal view, showing prosoma and opisthosoma, and legs 4L and 2L. Proximal portions of Leg 1L are visible at the anterior of the fossil, as are the trochanters of several of the legs on the right. (B) Ventral view showing coxo-sternal arrangement and ventral opisthosomal segmentation. Proximal portions of Leg 1L, then 2L 3L and 4L are visible. Scale bars: (A, B) = 2 mm.
Title: Goniotarbus angulatus holotype fossil dorsal ventral
Credit: Garwood, R.J., and J. Dunlop. 2014. Three-dimensional reconstruction and the phylogeny of extinct chelicerate orders. PeerJ 2:e641. doi:10.7717/peerj.641
Author: Russell J. Garwood​ and Jason Dunlop
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