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The shapes of galaxies, in particular their outer regions, are importantguideposts to their formation and evolution. Here we report on the discovery ofstrongly box-shaped morphologies of the, otherwise well-studied, elliptical andlenticular galaxies NGC 720 and NGC 2768 from deep imaging. The boxiness isstrongly manifested in the shape parameter $A_4/a$ of $-0.04$ in both objects,and also significant center shifts of the isophotes of $\sim$ 2--4 kpc areseen. One reason for such asymmetries commonly stated in the literature is amerger origin, although the number of such cases is still sparse and the exactproperties of the individual boxy objects is highly diverse. Indeed, for NGC2768, we identify a progenitor candidate (dubbed Pelops) in the residualimages, which appears to be a dwarf satellite that is currently merging withNGC 2768. At its absolute magnitude of M$_r$ of $-$12.2 mag, the correspondingSersic radius of 2.4 kpc is more extended than those of typical dwarf galaxiesfrom the literature. However, systematically larger radii are known to occur insystems that are in tidal disruption. This finding is bolstered by the presenceof a tentative tidal stream feature on archival GALEX data. Finally, furtherstructures in the fascinating host galaxy comprise rich dust lanes and avestigial X-shaped bulge component.

The Halos and Environments of Nearby Galaxies (HERON) Survey IV: Complexity in the boxy galaxies NGC 720 and NGC 2768