piranha Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Courtesy of Dan Cooper from the Facebook Trilobites group, a rare Isotelus eye with lenses preserved. The claim for this specimen is ~1000 eye lenses, but with all due respect, much closer to ~5000 lenses. Do the math! table from: Rose, J.N. (1968) The eyes of Isotelus and Nileus. Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 74:178-185 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolmt Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Yikes now I've got to go look at all my isotelus under the scope... cant say I have ever seen an actual lens in one............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 That is a lot of eyes! Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamalama Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 So many lenses might mean this trilobite had some sharp vision. An amazing specimen. -Dave __________________________________________________ Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPheeIf I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPheeCheck out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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