Schmidtiellus
| Schmidtiellus Temporal range: Late Atdabanian[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | †Trilobita |
| Order: | †Redlichiida |
| Family: | †Holmiidae |
| Genus: | †Schmidtiellus Moberg, 1906 |
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Schmiditellus is an extinct genus of holmiid trilobites from the Cambrian of Poland.[2][3] As of 2017, a Schmidtiellus reetae fossil from 530 mya, collected in Saviranna in northern Estonia, is the oldest known fossilized eye. The structure is similar to the compound eyes of modern-day dragonflies and bees, but with (~100) ommatidia spaced further apart, and without a lens.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 1 December 2008.
- ^ "†Schmidtiellus Moberg 1906 (trilobite)". The Paleobiology Database.
- ^ Lieberman, Bruce (1999). "Systematic revision of the Olenelloidea (Trilobita, Cambrian)". Bulletin of the Yale University Peabody Museum of Natural History. 45: 1–150 – via Yale University EliScholar.
- ^ Dean, Signe (8 December 2017). "This 530-Million-Year-Old Fossil Could Be The Oldest Eye Ever Discovered". ScienceAlert. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
- ^ Daley, Jason. "Gaze Into a 530-Million-Year-Old Eye, the Oldest Yet Discovered". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
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