Comments on: Fossil eyes show wraparound three-dimensional vision, half a billion years ago

By: Brigitte

Brigitte — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:57:56 +0000

… no, we are sorry: half a milllimeter (<450µm)
B.S.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:27:45 +0000

“It was just a millimetre long and almost totally encased within a bowl-shaped shield. From beneath the shield, weird spike-tipped legs propelled it along, while two stalked eyes, each just half a millimetre across, peered out at the Cambrian oceans.”

Perhaps you meant that it was “just a centimeter long”?

By: Ed Yong

Ed Yong — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 10:46:42 +0000

ARGH! It was missing a crucial “half”. Added it in. Hey, what’s half a billion years between friends.

By: davem

davem — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 08:46:39 +0000

“It’s called Henningsmoenicaris scutula and it lived around a billion years ago.”

Last I heard, the Cambrian period was about 4-500 million years ago, not a billion years ago. Your main title seems to agree..