In contrast, trilobite size was strikingly correlated with fluctuations in marine redox (i.e., marine oxygen levels), especially during the well-known anoxic events of this interval.

A new study finds that a trilobite species with exceptionally well-preserved fossils from upstate New York has an additional set of legs underneath its head. The research, led by the American ...

But fear not, someone hasn’t been Jurassic Park-ing – it’s a trilobite beetle, and its bizarreness goes beyond looking like its namesake. With that came comparisons to an unrelated ...

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Trilobites were very abundant marine arthropods, protected by calcified exoskeletons that easily fossilized. For these reasons, the animals are very well represented in the fossil record.

Scientists have uncovered intricately preserved fossils of trilobites that are providing new insights into the extinct invertebrates’ anatomy. The animals had been buried in modern-day Morocco ...

Some of the most perfectly preserved trilobite fossils ever found have revealed details of the extinct arthropod unknown until now. The new specimens, which were killed and fossilised quickly when ...

Paleontologists studying rocks from Morocco have unearthed the most exquisitely preserved trilobite fossils yet discovered. The new lifelike fossils update our understanding of the evolution and ...

Researchers have described some of the best-preserved three-dimensional trilobite fossils ever discovered. The fossils, which are more than 500 million years old, were collected in the High Atlas ...

A fossil site in Morocco has been called the “Pompeii of trilobites” as it contains sublimely detailed fossilised moulds of the creatures, preserved after a pyroclastic ash flow from a ...

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