Coupled exuviae of the Ordovician Ovalocephalus (Pliomeridae, Trilobita) in South China and its behavioral implications [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 Ecdysis was a vital process during the lives of trilobites. In addition to preserving the morphological changes in trilobite ontogeny, the preservation of its action often captured interesting behavioral information.
Ruiwen Zong
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The only known cyclopygid–‘atheloptic’ trilobite fauna from North America: the upper Ordovician fauna of the Pyle Mountain Argillite and its palaeoenvironmental significance [PDF]
, 2012 The trilobite fauna of the upper Ordovician (middle Katian) Pyle Mountain Argillite comprises a mixture of abundant mesopelagic cyclopygids and other pelagic taxa and a benthic fauna dominated by trilobites lacking eyes.
Bruton, D.L. +3 more
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Exploring abnormal Cambrian-aged trilobites in the Smithsonian collection [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 Biomineralised trilobite exoskeletons provide a 250 million year record of abnormalities in one of the most diverse arthropod groups in history. One type of abnormality—repaired injuries—have allowed palaeobiologists to document records of Paleozoic ...
Russell D.C. Bicknell, Stephen Pates
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Biomineralisation in the Palaeozoic oceans: evidence for simultaneous crystallisation of high and low magnesium calcite by phacopine trilobites [PDF]
, 2012 The chemical composition and microstructure of the calcite cuticles of eleven species of phacopine trilobites have been investigated by electron beam imaging, diffraction, and microanalysis, and results reveal that the lenses of their schizochroal eyes ...
Torney, C., Lee, M., Owen, A.W.
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First record of Telephina (Trilobita) from the Ordovician of northeastern Estonia and its stratigraphical implications [PDF]
Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences, 2011 For the first time a telephinid trilobite was recorded from the shallow-water rocks of the North Estonian Confacies Belt in the oil-shale mining area of northeast Estonia.
Helje Pärnaste, Adrian Popp
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Trilobite ‘pelotons’: possible hydrodynamic drag effects between leading and following trilobites in trilobite queues [PDF]
Palaeontology, 2017 AbstractEnergy saving mechanisms in nature allow following organisms to expend less energy than leaders. Queues, or ordered rows of individuals, may form when organisms exploit the available energy saving mechanism while travelling at near‐maximal sustainable metabolic capacities; compact clusters form when group members travel well below maximal ...
Hugh Trenchard +2 more
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Upper lower Cambrian (provisional Cambrian Series 2) trilobites from northwestern Gansu Province, China [PDF]
Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences, 2014 Upper lower Cambrian (provisional Cambrian Series 2) trilobites are described from three sections through the Shuangyingshan Formation in the Beishan area, northwestern Gansu Province, China. The trilobite fauna is dominated by eodiscoid and corynexochid
Jan Bergström† +3 more
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Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 2017 Furongian (upper Cambrian) conodonts from the Shenjiawan Formation, Wa’ergang section, Taoyuan County, Hunan Province, South China are described. The Wa’ergang section has been proposed as a potential GSSP for the base of the uppermost stage of the ...
GABRIELLA BAGNOLI +3 more
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