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Fig. 6

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

Fig. 6

Early Jurassic Polychelida with preserved compound eye structures. a-d. Gabaleryon sp. specimen SMNS 67631 from the Toarcian of Gomaringen. e-h. Coleia viallii, holotype MSNM i3368 from the Sinemurian of Osteno. i-j. Coleia barrovensis, specimen NHMUK.I6589 (photo © NHMUK) from the Hettangian of Binton. a, e, i. Overview of presumed compound eye structures. b-c, f-g. Details of square facets, note that each square facet is surrounded by eight neighbor facets, see asterisks (*) in c (same image as b) and g (same image as f). d, h, j. Overview of entire specimens

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Zoological Letters

ISSN: 2056-306X

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