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Image: Marrella splendens by Haug et al

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Description: Marrellomorph Marrella splendens Walcott, 1912. A – dorsal view on a rendered 3D model, based on own observations. B–E – micrographs under polarized light. B – beautifully preserved specimen USNM 83486f with the exopods in a “rusty” preservation (cf. García−Bellido and Collins 2006). C – stereo image of specimen USNM 139665. Exopods of preceding limbs are super−imposing each other, separated by a thin layer of sediment. D – detail of specimen ROM 56766A in “rusty” preservation. Here the spines on the lateral side of the exopod ringlets are well preserved. E – one of the smallest specimens of M. splendens USNM 219817e that possesses preserved appendage remains.
Author: Joachim T. Haug, Christopher Castellani, Carolin Haug, Dieter Waloszek, Andreas Maas
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