Article: A tiny eye indicating a planktonic trilobite
Publication: Palaeontology
Volume:
53
Part:
4
Publication Date:
July
2010
Page(s):
695
–
701
Author(s):
Brigitte Schoenemann, Euan N. K. Clarkson, Per Ahlberg and María E. D. Álvarez
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