Monday, February 25, 2019

Fossilized Spider Still has the Glowing Eyes of a Night Hunter

via SlashGear

The remains are of two spiders are from the extinct spider family Lagonomegopidae that were known to have reflecting eyes to enable night hunting. The two fossils were preserved in “strange silvery flecks” on dark rocks. Researcher Paul Selden says that the fossil spiders had large eyes brightly marked with crescentic features.

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