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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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 ...

Trilobites, such as this Mummaspis muralensis, emerged during the Cambrian Period and went extinct more than 250 million years ago. About 513 million years ago, a creature curled up like a pill bug to ...

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 ...

Andy Secher remembers the first time he came face to face with a fossil. He was seven years old and riding the school bus when the bus driver showed him and the other students a specimen that he had ...

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 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 ...

I love 'em! Little ancient monster bones buried in the dirt, they're like terrifying Easter eggs put in the ground for weird kids and weirder adults to dig up and show off to other weird kids and ...

(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 ...

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 ...