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  1. #Trilobites were primeval #arthropods, still unknown whether they belong to the ancestor lineage of #Chelicerata or all #Euarthropada. Besides their body segmentation, they possess #compoundeyes. #Asaphus #kowalewskii lived in the Ordovician and had #stalkedeyes, allowing it an overview of its surroundings even when covered with sediment.
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    B.Schoenemann (2021)
    doi.org/10.1016/j.asd.2021.101

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  2. Feeding traces on #fossil leaves help #researchers identify factors leading to enormous #herbivore diversity phys.org/news/2023-08-fossil-f

    #FossilLeaves reveal drivers of herbivore functional diversity during the #Cenozoic pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2300

    "the diversity of #herbivorous #insects evolved over the last 60 million years primarily through the shared use of food #plants. The results are based on the analysis of feeding traces left by #arthropods on more than 45,000 fossil leaves."