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Discovery of some 400 million year-old sensory structures in the compound eyes of trilobites

Fossilised arthropod compound eyes have frequently been described. Among the oldest known are those from the lower Cambrian of the Chengjiang Lagerstätte (China, c 525 Ma). All these compound eyes, though often excellently preserved, however, represent just the outer shells, because soft tissues, or...

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Autores principales: Schoenemann, Brigitte, Clarkson, Euan N. K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3596982/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23492459
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep01429