An exceptionally well-preserved Eocene dolichopodid fly eye: Function and evolutionary significance

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1659, 2009, Pages 1015-1019

  Tanaka, Gengo ^a   Parker, Andrew R ^b,c   Siveter, David J ^d   Maeda, Haruyoshi ^e   Furutani, Masumi ^f  

^a Gunma Museum of Natural History   (Japan)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Baltic amber; Compound eye; Dolichopodid fly; Neural superposition compound eye; Optical analysis

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; EVOLUTION; EYE; FLY; FOSSIL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; OPTICAL METHOD;

DOLICHOPODIDAE;

EID: 60049087510     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1467     Document Type: Article

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