Artist's Reconstruction of <i>Tokummia katalepsis</i> (IMAGE)

University of Toronto

Artist's Reconstruction of <i>Tokummia katalepsis</i>

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This is a life reconstruction of Tokummia katalepsis showing a pair of large pincers (maxillipeds) at the front for capturing prey, with much of the multisegmented body protected by a broad carapace. Note the small mandibles and subdivided, spinose bases of the trunk limbs: those were critical characters for resolving the evolutionary significance of Tokummia.

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Image credit: Lars Fields. Copyright: Royal Ontario Museum

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