Trilobite fossil. Fossil of a trilobite from the Devonian period (around 416 to 360 million years ago) in its host rock. Trilobites are extinct hard-s
Trilobite fossil. Fossil of a trilobite from the Devonian period (around 416 to 360 million years ago) in its host rock. Trilobites are extinct hard-shelled, segmented arthropods that lived in ancient seas. They are considered one of Earth's earliest, complex life-forms and are one of the most well-known creatures of the Palaeozoic Era. Trilobites existed between the Cambrian and Permian periods around 542-250 million years ago, and were mainly bottom-feeding, scavengers. This specimen measures 10cm long and was found in limestone in Southern Morocco.
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Photo credit: © DIRK WIERSMA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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