Anthodon Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Hi. Which reconstruction is correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Both are correct. The limbs can be oriented either way as shown in the attached figure. Whittington, H.B., Almond, J.E. 1987 Appendages and habits of the Upper Ordovician trilobite Triarthrus eatoni. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B, 317:1-46 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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piranha Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 The Whittington and Almond paper has a discussion on the locomotion of Triarthrus. The figure referenced above is described as the "dorsal view, in 'still' position of gait" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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