Discovery of nauplius-like trilobite larvae

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Discovery of nauplius-like trilobite larvae

  • Volume / Part: 21 / 4
  • Publication Date: November 1978
  • Page(s): 823 - 833
  • Authored By: R. A. Fortey and S. F. Morris

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Phosphatized cybelinid trilobite larvae in an exceptional state of preservation have been obtained from early Ordovician limestones in northern Spitsbergen. A stage below the anaprotaspis is described, and termed the phaselus stage. There is a case for regarding the phaselus larva as homologous with the nauplius larva of extant Crustacea.

Palaeontology - Volume 21 Part 4 Pages 823-833



Palaeontology - Volume 21 Part 4 Pages 823-833

Citations

FORTEY, R. A., MORRIS, S. F. 1978. Discovery of nauplius-like trilobite larvae. Palaeontology, 21, 4, 823–833.