the large crawling legs of a form related to Stylonurus, and not two somites of the abdomen as indicated by Hall, claiming that "its elliptical or ovoid sections without any flattening of the epimera, the very considerable overlapping of the joints, and the configuration of the suture, are
Figure 68 Stylonurus? wrightianus (Dawson). Dorsal and lateral views of the original specimen, and enlargement of surface. (From Hall & Clarke) |
more strongly indicative of the nature and requirements of a limb than of abdominal segments." The entire specimen of Stylonurus obtained at Otisville would seem to corroborate the latter view.
Stylonurus sp. α, β, γ, δ.
Besides the fairly complete species of Stylonurus (S. cestrotus and S. myops) which the shales of the Shawangunk grit at Otisville