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Description: Figure 2. 3D kinematic models of the Anomalocaris canadensis appendage in comparison with Mastigoproctus giganteus (whip scorpion) and Heterophrynus elaphus (whip spider) raptorial appendages. (a–e) Anomalocaris canadensis kinematic appendage models. (a) Model completely outstretched, colour coded for podomere number. Lateral view. Electronic supplementary material, figure S1. (b–d) Raptorial appendage maximally flexed. Electronic supplementary material, figure S2. (b) Lateral view. (c) Oblique orientation. (d) Anterior view. (e) Illustration of sequential appendage motion from outstretched to maximally flexed. Scale bars (a,b,d,e) 5 mm; (c) 10 mm. con, condyle. Reconstruction of Anomalocaris canadensis credited to Katrina Kenny.
Author: Russell D. C. Bicknell, Michel Schmidt, Imran A. Rahman, Gregory D. Edgecombe, Susana Gutarra, Allison C. Daley, Roland R. Melzer, Stephen Wroe and John R. Paterson
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