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Coltraneia oufatensis - view straight down on cephalon.

Sat, 12 Mar 2016 00:46:15 +0000

My, what deep glabellar furrows you have!

Coltraneia oufatensis - view from the front.

Sat, 12 Mar 2016 00:45:58 +0000

Still watching...

Coltraneia oufatensis - view from behind.

Sat, 12 Mar 2016 00:45:44 +0000

I'm watching, Wazowski, always watching - Roz, from Monsters, Inc.

Coltraneia oufatensis - detail of left eye.

Sat, 12 Mar 2016 00:45:33 +0000

It seems that the glue used to put this baby back together after the split + discovery phase made the matrix a little sticky on this side. I wonder what a gentle sand-blasting might do to fix this.

Coltraneia oufatensis - detail of right eye.

Sat, 12 Mar 2016 00:45:20 +0000

The eye on this side is pretty perfect - I count 15 lenselets in some of the columns. The type species only had 13-14.

Coltraneia oufatensis - edge-on view from other side.

Sat, 12 Mar 2016 00:45:06 +0000

Coltraneia oufatensis - edge on view.

Sat, 12 Mar 2016 00:44:39 +0000

Note how streamlined this baby looks with those large, windshield-shaped eyes.

Coltraneia oufatensis - side view.

Sat, 12 Mar 2016 00:44:27 +0000

A side view of the creature.

Coltraneia oufatensis - rear view.

Sat, 12 Mar 2016 00:44:14 +0000

Note that even from this angle, this creature would have been able to see you.

Coltraneia oufatensis - semi-overhead view.

Sat, 12 Mar 2016 00:44:00 +0000

Semi-overhead view of the creature.