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Variation in lens packing of Phacops (Trilobita)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

R. A. Fortey
Affiliation:
British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD
S. F. Morris
Affiliation:
British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD

Summary

Phacops turco aff. praecedens Haas, from the Devonian (Eifelian) of Morocco, varies in the type of lens packing in the eye. Cubic close packing in trilobite eyes is described for the first time.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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