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1. What physical feature of the trilobite was used to decide its name?
2. To which phylum of creatures did trilobites belong?
3. The earliest fossil records of trilobites so far discovered date back around 520 million years.
Scientists working in Siberia called this period the Atdabanian, but how is it officially known?
4. By the end of the 20th century, over 16,000 different fossilised species of trilobite had been discovered.
5. American scientist Niles Eldredge made extensive studies of trilobite fossils in the English-Welsh border area, and his work formed a major part of the evidence for the evolutionary theory of punctuated equilibrium.
Which other scientist collaborated on this theory?
6. The largest fossilised trilobite ever found measured 29 inches in length!
It was found in a town that is now known as the "polar bear capital of the world" and that the native Inuit call Kuugjuaq.
How is it better known in English?
7. A trilobite exoskeleton comprised three sections, the cephalon, thorax, and one other. What name is given to this third, tail-end section?
8. When a trilobite underwent the process of "ecdysis" what was it doing?
9. Which of these states of America does *not* have a trilobite as the State Fossil?
10. The closest living relatives to trilobites are crabs and shrimp. The species in question share a "common" name; what is it?
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