Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Sara has asked us....

What was the largest trilobite?


The largest trilobite was Isotelus rex from the Late Ordovician (ca 450 million years ago) of Manitoba, Canada. A complete specimen is known and it is about 70 cm long and 40 cm wide. It was described by Rudkin et al. in the Journal of Paleontology in 2003.

1 Comments:

At November 23, 2006, Anonymous Anonymous said...

More info and pics can be found at
http://www.trilobites.info/lgtrilos.htm

 

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