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1 January 2001 A TERATOLOGICAL PYGIDIUM OF THE UPPER CAMBRIAN TRILOBITE EUGONOCARE (PSEUDEUGONOCARE) BISPINATUM FROM THE MACHARI FORMATION, KOREA
JEONG GU LEE, DUCK K. CHOI, BRIAN R. PRATT
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Abstract

A teratological holaspid pygidium of Eugonocare (Pseudeugonocare) bispinatum (Kobayashi, 1962) is described from the Cambrian Machari Formation of Korea. The abnormality is represented by the development of two additional posterolateral spines on the left side. This feature probably resulted from a genetic defect. The nonlethal mutation caused formation on one side only of a spine array that mimics the spine arrangement of several Eugonocare species combined.

JEONG GU LEE, DUCK K. CHOI, and BRIAN R. PRATT "A TERATOLOGICAL PYGIDIUM OF THE UPPER CAMBRIAN TRILOBITE EUGONOCARE (PSEUDEUGONOCARE) BISPINATUM FROM THE MACHARI FORMATION, KOREA," Journal of Paleontology 75(1), 216-218, (1 January 2001). https://doi.org/10.1666/0022-3360(2001)075<0216:ATPOTU>2.0.CO;2
Accepted: 1 July 2000; Published: 1 January 2001
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