Most pristine trilobite fossils ever found shake up scientific understanding of the long extinct group
trilobites are some of the best studied fossil marine animals. Over 20,000 species have been described by paleontologists ...
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A 'trilobite Pompeii': Perfectly preserved fossils of ancient sea critters found buried in volcanic ash
A palaeontological Pompeii The new trilobite fossils are Cambrian in age (around 509 million years old) and preserved as undistorted three-dimensional molds within fine volcanic ash, not unlike ...
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500 MILLION-YEAR-OLD FOSSIL NAMED FOR BOSTON COLLEGE JESUIT PRIEST, FOUNDER OF BC GEOLOGY DEPARTMENT
The fossil came as a most unexpected and welcome present. "I cannot imagine a more significant gift and accolade than having the Avalonian trilobite genus Skehanos ... older Precambrian ancestral ...
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Trilobite research
Trilobites provide an unparalleled sample set for understanding evolutionary patterns in Palaeozoic marine rocks. There are more than 20,000 known species. Our current research projects include: ...