animalculum , to random
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Most pristine ever found shake up scientific understanding of the long group https://phys.org/news/2024-06-pristine-trilobite-fossils-scientific-extinct.html

Rapid volcanic ash entombment reveals the 3D anatomy of trilobites https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adl4540

"The fossils, which are more than 500 million years old, were collected in the of and are being referred to by scientists as Pompeii due to their remarkable preservation in ash."

globalmuseum , to random
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Meet Heliopeltis, one of Morocco’s strangest Devonian trilobites.

This 400-million-year-old critter had a small body, large eyes, and long spines. Scientists think its unusual body design indicates that this species floated on gentle ocean currents

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