[Rockhounds] We finally know for sure what a trilobite ate

Paul etchplain at att.net
Tue Oct 10 11:22:07 PDT 2023


We finally know for sure what a trilobite ate

Tens of thousands of fossils later, we've found a trilobite with a full 
stomach.

John Timmer, ArsTechnica, September 27, 2023

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/09/we-finally-know-for-sure-what-a-trilobite-ate/

The open access paper is:

Kraft, P., Vaškaninová, V., Mergl, M., Budil, P., Fatka, O.

and Ahlberg, P.E., 2023. Uniquely preserved gut contents

illuminate trilobite palaeophysiology./Nature/, pp.1-7.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06567-7

Yours,

Paul H.


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