Phys.org

Rare museum specimen reveals new insights into how trilobites curled themselves into a ball

A team of evolutionary biologists at Harvard University's Museum of Comparative Zoology and Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, has learned more about how trilobites curled themselves ...
CNN

‘Prehistoric Pompeii’ reveals 515 million-year-old sea bugs’ anatomy in pristine 3D

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Science Daily

Unveiling ancient secrets: 3D preservation of trilobite soft tissues sheds light on convergent evolution of defensive enrollment

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 ...
The New York Times

A Trilobite Pompeii Preserves Exquisite Fossils in Volcanic Ash

A fossil bed in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco is allowing new insights into the anatomies of arthropods that lived a half-billion years ago. By Jack Tamisiea Jack Tamisiea has previously ...
Phys.org

3D preservation of trilobite soft tissues sheds light on convergent evolution of defensive enrollment

They'd been in the collections of the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) since the 1870s when they were first discovered. Nestled in among the largest collection of trilobites, the unique ...