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because of the crabs that walk around on the sand of the ocean.
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Why did scientists use trilobites as index fossils?
Trilobites were rapidly evolving and widespread organisms, making them ideal index fossils.
Why do scientists study trilobites?
So that we can learn more about ancient earth.
What did the anomalocaris eat?
Trilobites
Were trilobites alive in the permian period?
Yes, trilobites were still present in the Permian, but at much lower numbers and diversity. Only the Order Proetida remained. The Permian ended with a mass extinction, and among the many groups which went extinct at the end of the Permian were the last trilobites. See Related Links below.
How do Paleontologists use the remains of the Trilobites?
Paleontologists use the fossils of different aged trilobites to identify the age of rock formations and fossils in other locations. Similar trilobites found in British Columbia as found in Asia would indicate the rock was nearly the same age from both sites. May also mean that the two locations were once close together, but moved away due to plate tectonics.
Why did scientists use trilobites as index fossils?
Trilobites were rapidly evolving and widespread organisms, making them ideal index fossils.
How do trilobites reproduce?
Scientists believe that trilobites reproduced sexually. These prehistoric and extinct creatures were a type of arthropod that probably laid eggs. Trilobites lived about 250 million years ago.
Why did trilobites become extinct?
The trilobites went extinct during the mass extinction at the end of the Permian period.
Why do scientists study trilobites?
So that we can learn more about ancient earth.
How we know trilobites existed?
The fossils of their shells, etc.
When was The Trilobites created?
The Trilobites was created in 1984.
Did trilobites bite?
Trilobites did not have jaws, therefore they could not bite.
Are Trilobites land animals or water animals?
Trilobites are extinct but they were marine animals.
To which large group of animals do trilobites belong?
none. only god, chuck Norris, and braylon Edwards know the truth
Where do trilobites live?
Where DID trilobites live? In the ocean, between 530 million and 250 million years ago.
When did trilobites become extinct?
Trilobites became extinct about 250 million years ago, in the Mesozoic Era.
When did the trilobites first live?
The first trilobites lived in the Cambrian then lived all the way through the permian
