Reconstruction of the shape and optics of the lenses in the abathochroal-eyed trilobite Neocobboldia Chinlinica

Historical Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 193-204

  Gál, József ^a   Horváth, Gábor ^a   Clarkson, Euan N K ^b  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abathochroal eye; Calcite lenses; Eodiscid trilobites; Neocobboldia chinlinica; Optics; Triolobite vision

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; MORPHOLOGY; VISION;

NEOCOBBOLDIA CHINLINICA; TRILOBITA;

EID: 0034445060     PISSN: 08912963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10292380009380568     Document Type: Article

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