Crane-fly 2 (IMAGE)

Lund University

Crane-fly 2

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Cephalic region (head) of a 54-million-year-old crane-fly from the Fur Formation of Denmark, illustrating the regularly arranged hexagonal ommatidial facets of its compound eyes. Maximum width of eyes is approximately 1.25 mm.

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Johan Lindgren

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