Sternite organization during enrollment in terrestrial isopods and glomerid millipedes. (a–c) Micro-CT scan of terrestrial isopod MCZ:IZ:90105. (a) Tomographic model of 90% enrolled specimen. (b) ...

Exceptionally preserved trilobite fossils from China, dating back to more than 500 million years ago, have revealed new insights into the extinct marine animal's digestive system. The new study shows ...

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 ...

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 ...

A fossil bed in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco is allowing new insights into the anatomies of arthropods that lived a half-billion years ago. By Jack Tamisiea Jack Tamisiea has previously ...

Trilobites are one of the most common creatures found in the fossil record, but now some particularly well-preserved specimens have revealed some intriguing new details. It turns out that trilobites ...

Thanks to their easily fossilized exoskeleton, trilobites largely dominate the fossil record of early complex animal life. However, trilobite appendages and the anatomy of the underside of their body ...

Excavations at a 2,000-year-old settlement in Spain have yielded the first ever trilobite fossil from Roman times. Found in a trash heap associated with a high-status household, the specimen appears ...

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 ...

Computer simulations of the Armea trilobite specimen mounted for use as a personal ornament. a‒b, Leather bracelet with the trilobite attached via a central hole, sewn to an additional leather piece ...

Fossil skeletons are static things. They no longer grow or respond to the stresses and strains of life. Tucked away on shelves or propped up on intricate armatures, fossil bones and other mineralized ...