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Trilobites were a diverse group of ancient marine arthropods. Many trilobites lived on the seafloor but some occupied open water. New research has resolved the evolutionary history of a bizarre group of trilobites called the cyclopygids, named after the mythical one-eyed monster Cyclops, as their eyes gradually merged into a single large visual surface as they evolved.

The cyclopygid trilobite Symphysops stevaninae. Image credit: Francisco J. López-Soriano & Joan Corbacho, https://www.elfosil.com, via Batalleria.

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Trilobites were a diverse group of ancient marine arthropods. Many trilobites lived on the seafloor but some occupied open water. New research has resolved the evolutionary history of a bizarre group of trilobites called the cyclopygids, named after the mythical one-eyed monster Cyclops, as their eyes gradually merged into a single large visual surface as they evolved.

The cyclopygid trilobite Symphysops stevaninae. Image credit: Francisco J. López-Soriano & Joan Corbacho, https://www.elfosil.com, via Batalleria.

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