Article: Eyes and vision in the coeval Furongian trilobites Sphaerophthalmus alatus (Boeck, 1938) and Ctenopyge (Mesoctenopyge) tumida Westergård, 1922, from Bornholm, Denmark
Publication: Palaeontology
Volume:
58
Part:
1
Publication Date:
January
2015
Page(s):
133
–
140
Author(s):
Brigitte Schoenemann and Euan N. K. Clarkson
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