Prehistoric Pompeii Reveals Perfectly Preserved Fossils of 500-Year-Old Trilobite From Volcanic Ash

Medicine & Technology Jun 28, 2024

Discovery of a site buried by a Pompeii-style volcanic eruption left an ancient arthropod outlined in exquisite detail. Learn more about it in this article.

465-Million-Year-Old Fossilized Trilobite Discovered by Scientists, Imaging Reveals the Last Meal Still Preserved in Its Gut

Sep 28, 2023

Scientists discovered the fossilized remains of a half-million-year-old creature with the content of its gut still preserved. Find out more about it in this article.

Extinct Marine Arthropods Trilobite Had Hard Crystal Eyes; Fossilized Lenses Reveal They Were Made of Calcite

Jul 12, 2023

Trilobites had complex eyes like insects with lenses made of calcite. Read on to know the details.

Rare, Cracked Eye of 429-Million-Year-Old Trilobite Reveals Mysteries of the Ancient World

Aug 14, 2020

A 429-Million-Year-Old Trilobite had modern eyes similar to today's bees and dragonflies which adds to the information of how the eyes and vision of anthropods evolved over time.

Scientists Found 520-Million-Year Old Trilobite Eggs In New York With Sex Organs On Their Heads

Feb 24, 2017

Scientists found 520 million years old fossil of Trilobite from the upstate of New York. the specimen was fossilized at pyrite. Lead researcher Thomas A. Hegna and his team found eggs from the back of their head.