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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Main Authors: Tanaka, G, Siveter, D, Parker, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2009