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Variation in lens packing of Phacops (Trilobita)

  • R. A. Fortey (a1) and S. F. Morris (a1)
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Phacops turco aff. praecedens Haas, from the Devonian (Eifelian) of Morocco, varies in the type of lens packing in the eye. Cubic close packing in trilobite eyes is described for the first time.

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