Acute vision in the giant Cambrian predator Anomalocaris and the origin of compound eyes

Nature

Volumn 480, Issue 7376, 2011, Pages 237-240

  Paterson, John R ^a   García Bellido, Diego C ^b   Lee, Michael S Y ^c,d   Brock, Glenn A ^e   Jago, James B ^c,f   Edgecombe, Gregory D ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^g DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; IRON OXIDE;

ANATOMY; ARTHROPOD; CAMBRIAN; COMMON ANCESTRY; EXOSKELETON; EYE; FOSSIL RECORD; IRON OXIDE; MINERALIZATION; NEKTON; PALEONTOLOGY; PRESERVATION; TAPHONOMY; WATER COLUMN;

ANOMALOCARIS; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CAMBRIAN; ECOSYSTEM; EYE; FOSSIL; MINERALIZATION; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPOUND EYE, ARTHROPOD; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; VISION, OCULAR;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 83055184941     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10689     Document Type: Article

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