Virtual Wonders: Trilobites
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Description: The Natural History Museum's online exhibit of several well-preserved trilobite taxa discovered in 2003 in Morocco.
Trilobites- Virtual Wonders at The Natural History Museum In 2003, amazing new trilobites were found in Morocco with details of their anatomy preserved intact. Fossils are usually flattened by the weight of deposited sediment above them as they lie on the sea floor after death, or by crushing of the rock formed from the sediment, during tectonic movement. In the case of these trilobites, however, the fossils show little or no distortion. As the delicate exoskeletons are complete, it is likely that this gentle burial followed an initial sudden engulfment that suffocated the trilobites.
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| Page title: | Trilobites- Virtual Wonders at The Natural History Museum |
| Keywords: | trilobite, fossil |
| Description: | Trilobite -The Natural History Museum Virtual Gallery, a set of rotatable virtual museum objects. |
| IP-address: | 157.140.2.10 |