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Stephen Jay Gould was famous for championing the diversity of the Burgess shale, even up to the Phylum level, and calling anything else shoehorning. But how far was he willing to take it?

The research and writing I recently did about Schizochroal eyes got me interested in Phacopid Trilobites. Since whatever I’m interested in inevitably ends up on a T-Shirt, I would like to present the newest design in my store, pictured above. I bet some of you are just flat-out obsessed with Phacopida. Well, I’m here to [...]

Image Credit: mcdlttx Just kidding, although that was basically the headline that the Daily Mail used on their article. A new study published in the Journal of Zoology concludes that the model (or one model at least) previously used to estimate dinosaur weight was massively wrong. For instance, Apatosaurus has been estimated at up to [...]

This is a good video for anyone who is looking to do some Trilobite-purchasing. I’m not really in a position to buy any Trilobites right now, but for those who are, it’s good to keep an eye out for fakes or even partial fakes.

Walcott’s meddling continues apace, but hits a slight snag.

Image Credit: Kordite Yesterday I set out to write about Schizochroal Trilobite eyes, but ended up talking about Holochroal ones (which are totally worth talking about anyways). Today I’m back on track. Having explained the basics of compound eyes in the last post, I can now talk about how Schizochroal eyes are not normal compound [...]

Image Credit: sulla55 Most people know that Trilobites had compound eyes, if only because creationists use them as an example of how evolution simply must be false. The thing that a lot of people don’t know is that there are different types of Trilobite eyes, and scientific debates over them. Trilobites do provide some of [...]

Walcott continues his large-scale meddling with the fossil record.

Even with its millions of users, it can be hard to find people who share your interests… if your interests are trilobites and paleontology, that is. I’ve compiled an (incomplete) list of people I’ve found who might be of interest to eTrilobite readers. I may have mentioned some of these people in the past, but [...]

This is actually an inaccurate portrayal of trilobite molting, but my comic trilobites are pretty inaccurate themselves. Trilobites.info has a good page on how trilobite molting actually works, complete with animation!