Here’s something to chew on: a fossilized trilobite from the Ordovician Period, which is so well preserved that a team of paleontologists was able to identify its last meal, now mineralized in the ...

Paleontologists studying rocks from Morocco have unearthed the most exquisitely preserved trilobite fossils yet discovered. The new lifelike fossils update our understanding of the evolution and ...

Researchers have described some of the best-preserved three-dimensional trilobite fossils ever discovered. The fossils, which are more than 500 million years old, were collected in the High Atlas of ...

Richard Fortey, head of palaeontology at the Natural History Museum - Alamy ​Richard Fortey, who has died aged 79, enjoyed a long career as head of palaeontology at the Natural History ...

Scientists have just revealed their findings on what are being described as the most pristine trilobite fossils ever found. The fossils, which show both hard exterior features and soft inner tissues, ...

The Burgess Shale in British Columbia is renowned for its exceptional preservation of soft tissues in fossils, including limbs and guts. While trilobites are abundant in the fossil record thanks to ...

During an excavation project at a 2,000-year-old settlement in Spain, a team of archaeologists came across a specimen that was confirmed to be the first-ever trilobite fossil from the Roman era. It ...

Fossils collected more than 150 years ago show that the techniques some creatures use for defensive curling have not changed in millions of years. By Jack Tamisiea When the going got tough in the ...

Researchers describe unusual trilobite fossils prepared as thin sections showing the 3D soft tissues during enrollment. The study reveals the soft undersides of enrolled trilobites and the ...

Fig.1: Tempo and mode in the body size evolution of Cambrian-Ordovician trilobites. Changes in maximum size (red) and mean size (blue) for each time slice, with lines and shading representing the mean ...