Trilobites (/ ˈ t r aɪ l ə ˌ b aɪ t s, ˈ t r ɪ l ə-/; [4] [5] [6] meaning "three-lobed entities") are extinct marine arthropods that form the class Trilobita.Trilobites form one of the earliest known groups of arthropods. The first appearance of trilobites in the fossil record defines the base of the Atdabanian stage of the Early Cambrian period) and they flourished throughout the ...

2025年1月8日 · Trilobite, any member of a group of extinct fossil arthropods easily recognized by their distinctive three-lobed, three-segmented form. Trilobites were exclusively marine animals that first appeared 521 million years ago near the beginning of the Cambrian Period and persisted into the Permian Period.

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Trilobites are a group of extinct marine arthropods that first appeared around 521 million years ago, shortly after the beginning of the Cambrian period, living through the majority of the Palaeozoic Era, for nearly 300 million years.

From the Cambrian explosion onwards, trilobites came to be one of the dominant parts of the ocean fauna. In fact, the Early Palaeozoic has been dubbed ‘the age of trilobites’.

SOURCES: The information in these pages was developed via examination and synthesis of the data present in a variety of works, including the two "Trilobite Treatises:" Moore 1959 (Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part O, Arthropoda 1, including Trilobitomorpha) and Whittington et al 1997 (Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part O, Arthropoda 1, Trilobita, Revised, Volume …

2021年3月18日 · Trilobite Olenoides superbus, found in the Upper Marjum Formation, Utah, USA.It lived around 500 mya, during the Cambrian Period. (An arthropod is a member of a vast group (called Arthropoda) of invertebrate animals.

Chapter contents: Arthropoda –– 1. Stem-group Arthropods–– 2. Trilobita ←–– 3. Chelicerata –– 4. Mandibulata Fossil specimens of Eldredgeops crassituberculata from the Devonian of Ohio (USA). Image by James St. John; Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.Introduction Trilobites are among the most well-known fossils, thanks in large part to their abundance ...

2008年3月25日 · What are trilobites? Trilobites are a fossil group of extinct marine arthropods with a heavily calcified external skeleton that populated the oceans from about 520 million years ago to about 250 million years ago. Their name — meaning three-lobed — derives from the distinction between the elevated longitudinal axis and the flatter regions that bound it. The trilobite body is …

2023年7月5日 · Trilobites are a group of extinct marine arthropods that existed for a staggering period of time, spanning over 270 million years. They first appeared during the Early Cambrian period around 521 million years ago and became extinct during the mass extinction event at the end of the Permian period around 252 million years ago. Trilobites are one of the earliest …