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Trilobite diversity

Adam Khor · 2014-10-13 16:18:28

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/03/04/science/trilobites.html Very cool chart with different weird genera :pac:

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13-10-2014 5:18pm

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Adam Khor

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http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/03/04/science/trilobites.html

Very cool chart with different weird genera :pac:

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#2 13-10-2014 6:37pm
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I always loved those dudes. An amazing bunch that were real winners for so very long.

Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.

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#3 15-10-2014 12:43am
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Wibbs wrote: »

I always loved those dudes. An amazing bunch that were real winners for so very long.

fingers crossed some of the survived down in the abyss

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#4 15-10-2014 1:11am
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I love the trilobites. Great read Adam.

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#5 15-10-2014 2:56am
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Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

fingers crossed some of the survived down in the abyss

Well, even if they didn´t, we still have the giant isopods which look lots like them...

... and the Triops...

... and the trilobite beetle...

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