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Fabulous fossil preserves eyes of 429-million-year-old trilobite – Ars Technica

Cellular structure of compound eye preserved in beautiful detail.

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Enlarge/ Don’t think you can pull one over on this trilobitehe’s still got one good eye, ya know.
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Among fossils, trilobites are rock stars. They are adorable (as stony arthropods go), with a segmented shape distinctive enough to be a common logo. But theyre also fascinating because there are so many examples in the fossil record over such a long period of time, given that they thrived for over 250 million years. Studying their evolution …

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