Trilobite 'hyper-eye' (IMAGE)

University of Cologne

Trilobite 'hyper-eye'

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Phacops geesops, a trilobite from the Devonian age. The animal's eyes consist of 200 single lenses each, spanning six small facets, which again form one eye each.

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Dr Brigitte Schoenemann

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