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Supposed Asexual Reproduction in Trilobites

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THE study of the newly discovered recent member of the Cambro-Silurian mollusc group Monoplacophora has caused me to extend investigations also to animals other than molluscs of the early Cambrian fauna. Then, I was struck by the appearance of some Olenellid Trilobites figured by Walcott1, showing additional segments behind what usually forms the long spine of the last segment (Fig. 1).

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LEMCHE, H. Supposed Asexual Reproduction in Trilobites. Nature 180, 801–802 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/180801a0

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