Insights into a 429-million-year-old compound eye
Abstract In all arthropods the plesiomorphic (ancestral character state) kind of visual system commonly is considered to be the compound eye. Here we are able to show the excellently preserved internal structures of the compound eye of a 429 Mya old Silurian trilobite, Aulacopleura koninckii (Barran...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2020-08-01
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Series: | Scientific Reports |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-69219-0 |