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Trilobite Eyes



Check out the compound eyes on this trilobite I got at the rock show. I asked to see the smallest and coolest thing in stock and this fossil did not disappoint. I can’t imagine what life would look like seeing through dozens of calcite lenses. Perhaps the trilobite might wonder how we get by with only 2 eyes. Their eyes were very advanced for their time. https://www.trilobites.info/eyes.htm


This trilobite is a Kainops Raymondi, Haragan Formation, Lower Devonian Coal County, Oklahoma. I got it at

Eddie's Rocks and Relics Eddie Harmon Brownsboro, TX keharmon2@embarqmail.com

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