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Trilobite trivia |
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Trilobites were three lobed prehistoric sea creatures,
about 450-600 million years old. Their bodies consisted of three main
body divisions: Cephalon (Anterior section), Thorax (Medial section),
and Pegydium (Posterior section) They were one of the first living creatures
to develop compound eyes. They had multi-faceted eye lenses, and conspicuously
segmented bodies, which enabled them to roll up, when faced with danger
or upon their death when their muscles contracted. There are over 10,000
different species of trilobites, which can be found throughout the world.
Many of these amazing Specimens came out of the Sahara desert in Morocco
which was covered by a vast sea about 600 million years ago. This was
a warm, shallow Cambrian sea, which created the perfect habitat for these
bottom dwelling sea creatures. Some Trilobites are said to be related
to the modern horse shoe crab, but many others went extinct about 100
million years before the evolution of the horse shoe crab.
All our trilobite fossils
were found in the Sahara Desert in Morocco, and they date back to between
350 to 550 million years ago. |
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