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Trilobite

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Exhibition Text

This Middle Cambrian trilobite fossil (Paradoxides tessini) was found in a 540-million-year-old carbonate-rich shale.

AMNH collection

For Educators

Topic: Paleontology

Subtopic: Fossil Invertebrates

Keywords: Trilobites, Geological time, Paleontology

Audience: General