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Horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) with a hard, rounded shell and long pointed tail lying on sandy ground. Close-up of a trilobite fossil embedded in brown rock, showing the segmented body and ridged exoskeleton.
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Horseshoe crab
The horseshoe crab (genus Limulus) has compound eyes that appear to have...
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trilobite fossil
Trilobites had compound eyes with lenses made of the mineral calcite.
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