Exceptional preservation of eye structure in arthropod visual predators from the Middle Jurassic

Understanding how ancient animals perceived their environment is difficult due to a lack of fossilized eye structures. Here, the authors reconstruct the compound eye of a 160-million-year old thylacocephalan arthropod, Dollocaris, finding evidence of hunting adaptations.

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Auteurs principaux: Jean Vannier, Brigitte Schoenemann, Thomas Gillot, Sylvain Charbonnier, Euan Clarkson
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Langue:EN
Publié: Nature Portfolio 2016
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/1569fd997ebf4644986051d81f0c1076
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