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26-MAY-2011

Eoredlichia intermedia, 5 cm long, Lower Cambrian, Chengjiang, China, partially dissected to show limbs and antennae.

According to Hou et al. (2009), "Each of the paired, uniramous antennae of a medium-sized holaspis consists of 46–50 short segments (articles), each of which bears a fine spine near its inner edge. Behind the antennae there are twenty one pairs of biramous limbs: three pairs are situated underneath the cephalon, one pair underneath each of the fifteen thoracic segments, and probably three pairs underneath the small pygidium. The endopod consists of a broad basis and seven podomeres, of which the last is divided into three terminal spines. The exopod is blade-like, and according to one interpretation is dorsally hinged to the basis of the endopod – an alternative suggestion being that both the endopod and exopod are split from the basis, the latter being independent and not forming part of the endopod. The exopod has a prominent anterior rim, and possesses about forty long filaments along the posterior margin, and short setae along the rounded distal lobe. The basic appendage features of the redlichiid trilobites are comparable to those of other known Cambrian polymerid trilobites, such as Olenoides, that belong to more distantly related clades."

Specimen purchased in 2003.


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Jorge Pereira 13-Nov-2012 09:56
Amayzing work
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