RyanNREMTP Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Last week Koopyetz and I traded some fossils. One of the many he sent me was a trilobite. Actually there were three but that is besides the point. I was looking over them with the loupe and was looking closely at this one when I found it's eyes. To say that it startled me is a gross understatement. I nearly dropped the thing. The trilobites in my collection before these didn't have any eyes on them. So this came as a surprise to me. It looks so alien. The picture I took doesn't even do it justice. Glad I didn't drop it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Coming 'eye-to-eye' with an ancient creature can be a transformative experience. Eyes mean something to us, they are relevant to what we are. And, a trilobite's compound eye is pretty freakin' strange! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 Fascinating,eh? And to think that Trilobites are the ancestor of our modern day arthropods, which include insects, crabs and spiders, most of which also have compound eyes. I remember flipping out the first time I discovered that most spiders have 8 eyes. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 I still enjoy seeing trilobite eyes - it never gets old. Can we get a shot of the rest of the trilobite? Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM - APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanNREMTP Posted August 1, 2014 Author Share Posted August 1, 2014 Here you go Tim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 Pretty neat sir. They remind me of dragonfly eyes. ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 Sometime it the 70's Jour. of Paleo published a paper regarding x-ray of compound trilobite eyes of the Phacops of the Devonian of Ohio. The detail was amazing. "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Here you go Tim. Thanks for the pic, Ryan - very cool trilo. Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM - APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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