'Orsten' Gallery Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 (3D reconstructions)




Agnostus pisiformis, early meraspis, tail shield broken off permitting to view on the appendages from ventrally	Agnostus pisiformis, earliest meraspis stage, one of the posterior limbs preserved and well inflated	Boeckelericambria pelturae, larva, completely preserved and with the mouth on left, head bearing two claw limbs	Bredocaris admirabilis, putative adult (850 µm, combination of figures of three specimens)	Bredocaris admirabilis, 4th larval stage with vestiges of maxilale and 3-4 pairs of trunk llimbs
Cambropachycope clarksoni, holotype, now known to be an advanced larva, but not the largest	Cambropycnogon klausmuelleri, larva, probably the first stage and a head larva	Goticaris longispinosa, first larval stage known with only hed llimbs present (head larva)	Henningsmoenicaris scutula, first larval stage, antennulae broken off (head larva)	Hesslandona unisulcata, larva, left "valve" removed
Hesslandona unisulcata, postmandibular limb of later instar	Vestrogothia spinata, earliest larva with coxa and basipod of mandible still separate	?Hesslandona unisulcata, mandible, coxa distally fused with basipod of which only a median part is visible, exopod seems to stem from coxa	Klausmuelleria salopensis, possibly 1st larval stage	Markuelia laurii – specimen of a new species from Australia, head on upper right, tail pointing to opposite direction, adorned with curved tail spines

Last revision: September 24, 2009