A volcanic eruption in what’s now Morocco preserved ancient trilobite specimens in nearly pristine condition about half a billion years ago, according to a new study.

Fossil discovery reveals that trilobites had clasper-like limbs used for mating Date: May 10, 2022 Source: Geological Society of America Summary: Thanks to their easily fossilized exoskeleton ...

After dinosaurs, trilobites are perhaps the most recognizable fossil animals (SN: 9/27/23).They proliferated in the ocean for about 270 million years before going extinct at the end of the ...

But it isn’t likely that all trilobites mated this way. “I think there’s probably genuine variation in how trilobites mate,” said Thomas Hegna, a paleontologist at the State University of ...

Trilobites were arthropods, like modern insects, spiders, millipedes and crustaceans, and they evolved into a wide range of shapes and sizes before going extinct around 252 million years ago.

Cephalopods are members of a class of marine animals that includes octopuses, squid, cuttlefish and nautiluses.The group includes more than 800 species (and new species are still being found ...

A small silicon structure that look like fossil trilobites has been developed. It is designed to separate blood cells and filter minute particles from waste water and brines, say scientists.

The trilobites perished on the spot — much like the people who were similarly entombed in ash at Pompeii in AD 79, during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Giovanni Mussini.