. Dwellers of the sea and shore. Marine animals. A ''Living FossiT 223 as were the hard coverings that prevailed among some of their contemporary creatures. One of those creatures was the trilobite. And, in- deed, its enduring remains are among the oldest of all undoubted and definite organisms found in the primor- dial rocks. The general form of the trilobite is not. unlike that of the familiar terrestrial isopod crustacean called the "sow ; After the manner of the sow bug it was able to roll itself up into a ball, and in this posi- tion its fossil has often been found. Formerly
. Dwellers of the sea and shore. Marine animals. A ''Living FossiT 223 as were the hard coverings that prevailed among some of their contemporary creatures. One of those creatures was the trilobite. And, in- deed, its enduring remains are among the oldest of all undoubted and definite organisms found in the primor- dial rocks. The general form of the trilobite is not. unlike that of the familiar terrestrial isopod crustacean called the "sow ; After the manner of the sow bug it was able to roll itself up into a ball, and in this posi- tion its fossil has often been found. Formerly the two were thought to be related, but, notwithstanding cer- tain of its crustacean characteristics, the trilobite has in recent years been classified with the Arachnida, a group including the spiders and scorpions. The truth. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Crowder, William, 1882-. New York, The Macmillan Company
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