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FIELDIANA: GEOLOGY, VOLUME 14

Fig. 53. Ornamentation on posterior part of prosoma of Syntomopterus richardsoni, n. sp., holotype, PE5120; ✕ 2.5. A portion of front margin may be seen at upper left of specimen.


Measurements

Holotype mm.
Prosoma length 30.3
Prosoma width behind eyes 53.0
Prosoma width at base 58.0
Compound eyes located on prosoma:
From anterior margin 14.5
From posterior margin 11.3
From lateral margin 17.5
Distance between eyes 10.5
Length of eye 3.5
Width of visual area 1.0
Width of palpebral lobe 2.0
Width of rim at anterior of carapace 1.2
Paratype PE5121 (figs. 48, 49, 52)
Length of compound eye 3.5
Distance from eye to posterior margin 15.6


Two paratypes (PE5122 and PE5123) retain parts of some of the tergites, probably from the metasoma. These have the same pustular ornamentation that occurs on the prosoma. On the posterior edge