The fossil came as a most unexpected and welcome present. "I cannot imagine a more significant gift and accolade than having the Avalonian trilobite genus Skehanos ... to even older Precambrian ...

“My jaw fell onto the desk,” says John Paterson at the University of New England in Armidale, Australia. “I have never seen the level of detail preserved in these fossil trilobites. They are ...

Artist's reconstruction of Palaeospondylus as an agnathan. The intricate honeycomb-like structure of the Australian fossils suggests that Palaeospondylus australis holds significant clues about ...

From dinosaurs to giant spider fossils discovered in Australia, and even a giant ... of years ago as life on Earth was beginning, trilobites began to appear in oceans worldwide.

Scientists made the find while looking at the well-preserved trilobite fossil. They lived in seas during the Palaeozoic era, between 541-251 million years ago. They found the ancient creature had ...

In this activity, your class will use images of trilobite fossils to explore how fossils preserve information about ancient life. They will sort the fossils into orders (closely related groups) by ...

A long extinct relative of the crab. The Trilobite is an Artifact item used in the Museum. Donating this item to Gunther at the Museum will count towards completing the collection. Gunther may ...