An alternative or related term for arthropleura, referring to the lateral segments or plates in jointed arthropod creatures.
Variant form of arthropleura, from arthro- (jointed) + pleura (side/rib). This term appears in some paleontological and zoological texts as a descriptive or alternative designation for the segmented plates.
The slight variation between 'arthropleura' and 'arthropleure' shows how scientific naming evolved—naturalists would describe the same creature using slightly different Greek combinations, and sometimes both names stuck in the fossil record.
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