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From: On the sighted ancestry of blindness – exceptionally preserved eyes of Mesozoic polychelidan lobsters

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Late Jurassic Polychelida with preserved compound eye structures. a-d Palaeopolycheles longipes, SMNS 63724. e-g. Knebelia totoroi, SMNS 67916. h-k. Rosenfeldia oppeli, SMNS 66004. a. Presumed compound eye with partially preserved cornea. b. Detail of the cornea with square facets. c. Same detail as in B; note regular alignment of square facets, see asterisks (*) indicating eight facets surrounding a central one. d. Overview image of entire specimen. e-g. Details of square corneal facets, note asterisk (*) marking some facets in G. h. Presumed compound eye with in part preserved cornea. i-j. Detail of corneal facets with apparently hexagonal profile, note asterisks (*) marking some facets in J, each facet is surrounded by six neighbored ones. k. Overview of entire specimen. a-b, d, h-i are red-cyan stereo images. Please use red-cyan stereo glasses to view

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Zoological Letters

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