Do trilobites have a typical arthropod cuticle?

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Do trilobites have a typical arthropod cuticle?

  • Volume / Part: 21 / 2
  • Publication Date: May 1978
  • Page(s): 459 - 461
  • Authored By: Kenneth M. Towe

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Problems with specimen preparation and diagenesis make it uncertain whether all trilobites had a laminated cuticle. However, in those trilobites that do show laminations, the cuticles are not only heavily calcified but also lack any evidence of microfibrils or parabolic structures. A heavily calcined cuticle lacking parabolic structures is contrary to that of the typical, generalized arthropod cuticle.

Palaeontology - Volume 21 Part 2 Pages 459-461



Palaeontology - Volume 21 Part 2 Pages 459-461

Citations

TOWE, K. M. 1978. Do trilobites have a typical arthropod cuticle?. Palaeontology, 21, 2, 459–461.