courtesy Susan Scott Tiny trilobite fossils make unusual earrings. My trilobite earrings are about the size of my thumbnail, but I have a pretend trilobite fossil that’s 7 inches long. I bought this ...

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Over 300 million years, trilobites evolved a diverse and successful array of forms while maintaining a simple, common body plan. Related Article Three vertical lobes BODY PLAN Trilobites had three ...

Fossils unearthed at a slate quarry in northern Portugal include those of the largest known trilobites, as well as immense assemblages — some a thousand strong — that suggest the creatures exhibited ...

Some of the best three-dimensionally preserved fossil trilobites have been revealed from Morocco. The ancient arthropods were caught in the pyroclastic flow of a volcanic eruption that smothered the ...

Among fossils, trilobites are rock stars. They are adorable (as stony arthropods go), with a segmented shape distinctive enough to be a common logo. But they’re also fascinating because there are so ...

Trilobites first appear early in the Cambrian and are one of the earliest examples of arthropods, the group that includes all insects. They flourished for over 100 million years, leaving fossils that ...

Trilobites withstood events that shaped our world for more than 250 million years, enduring continents shifting, ice ages, mass extinctions and the evolution of fierce predators. After suddenly ...

With all of the news about irreversible global warming and environmental collapse, it’s time to take a look at one of the Earth’s mega-survivors: the versatile Trilobite. Throughout the Paleozoic era, ...

(via TEDEd) Prevailing for around 270 million years and encompassing more than 20,000 distinct species, trilobites are some of the most successful lifeforms in Earth’s history. When they sprung into ...