THE VISUAL SYSTEM AND PALEOECOLOGY OF THE SILURIAN OSTRACOD PRIMITIOPSIS PLANIFRONS
Here we report the first detailed reconstruction of the eye and visual system of a Paleozoic ostracod, namely the dimorphic primitiopsid (Palaeocopa) Primitiopsis planifrons Jones, 1887. Evidence from the cuticular lens morphology and its position on the valve suggests that P. planifrons had a naupl...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2009
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