Most pristine trilobite fossils ever found shake up scientific understanding of the long extinct group
Researchers have described some of the best-preserved three-dimensional trilobite fossils ever discovered. The fossils, which ...
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Trilobite treasures: exquisite fossils are remarkably well preserved
In a groundbreaking discovery, researchers have unearthed some of the most impeccably preserved three-dimensional trilobite ...
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Fossil Preservation
Fossils can be broadly divided into body fossils and trace fossils. Body fossil – The remains of part (or all) of an actual organism. In the kits, the trilobite (2), brachiopod (3), dinosaur bone (4), ...
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Sort and compare: Trilobite evolution evidence
In this activity, your class will use images of trilobite fossils to explore how fossils preserve information about ancient life. They will sort the fossils into orders (closely related groups) by ...
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Cambrian Period
Photograph by James L. Amos The iconic arthropods of the Cambrian were the trilobites, which left a huge number of fossils. Trilobites had flattened, segmented, plated bodies that helped to ...
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Fantastic fossils in Britain and where to find them
Ammonites lived in the sea. If you find an ammonite fossil in a rock, you know that millions of years ago the spot where you’re standing used to be totally underwater. Trilobites are strange-looking ...
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Richard Fortey remade the world with fossils
What fascinated him most was their visual system, the first in the fossil record to be really well preserved. The eyes of some trilobites contained more than 15,000 calcite lenses; they looked ...