Back into the abyss for #FossilFriday
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Dr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬
Sometimes when you stare into the abyss of geologic time, the abyss stares back.
The Ordovician trilobite Calyptaulax from the OMNH collections. Like modern insects, trilobites had compound eyes with many lenses. The lenses are made of calcite, which also makes up the exoskeleton. #TrilobiteTuesday
The Ordovician trilobite Calyptaulax from the OMNH collections. Like modern insects, trilobites had compound eyes with many lenses. The lenses are made of calcite, which also makes up the exoskeleton. #TrilobiteTuesday
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