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Note: This historical image is not a factually accurate paleontological restoration.

Reason: 4 pairs of postcheliceral appendages (5 pairs in eurypterid); Multisegmented peduncle of chelicerae (unsegmented according to Selden 1984).

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Description Fig. 65.—Pterygotus anglicus, viewed from the under side, reduced in size, and restored. c c, The feelers (antennæ), terminating in nipping-claws; o o, Eyes; m m, Three pairs of jointed limbs, with pointed extremities; n n, Swimming-paddles, the bases of which are spiny and act as jaws. Upper Silurian, Lanarkshire. (After Henry Woodward.)
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Source http://www.gutenberg.org/files/14279/14279-h/14279-h.htm
Author H. ALLEYNE NICHOLSON

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current16:58, 30 July 2008Thumbnail for version as of 16:58, 30 July 2008235 × 442 (46 KB)FunkMonk== Summary == {{Information |Description=Fig. 65.—Pterygotus Anglicus, viewed from the under side, reduced in size, and restored. c c, The feelers (antennæ), terminating in nipping-claws; o o, Eyes; m m, Three pairs of jointed limbs, with pointed extre

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