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Trilobites were animals like horseshoe crabs without the shell. If they died and became covered with dirt almost immediately, they could become fossils. As the dirt hardened and became rock, if minerals replaced the organic materials, then the corpse of the animal became a fossil.
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What do you call the common fossil arthropod whose name derives from three lobed?
Trilobite.
What is the state fossil of Pennsylvania?
The trilobite.
What is Ohio's state fossil?
Ohio's state fossil is the trilobite.
Why did the Trilobite become Wisconsin's state fossil?
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What is Ohio's state fossils?
Ohio's state fossil is the trilobite.
What is PA's state symbol - fossil?
The Pennsylvania state fossil is the Phacops rana, a kind of trilobite.
How paleontologists use trilobite fossil as index fossil for various geologic time period?
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Was a women fossil found to be the oldest?
No. Trilobite fossils are much older.
What are two examples for fossils?
Flexicalimene meeki, a trilobite, is the state fossil of Ohio.
What geologic time period was the trilobite fossil associated?
Trilobites were associated with the Paleozoic era, from the Cambrian to the Permian.
Which New York State index fossil may have been present in a rock layer that is missing due to the unconformity?
The trilobite species Eldredgeops rana is a common New York State index fossil found in Devonian rock layers. If a rock layer containing this index fossil is missing due to unconformity, it suggests a gap in the rock record where deposition ceased, erosion occurred, and then new sediment layers were deposited on top.
What is a phacops fossil?
A phacops fossil is the preserved remains or trace of an extinct genus of trilobite, a group of marine arthropods that lived during the Paleozoic era. These fossils are typically found in ancient marine sediments and are characterized by their distinctive appearance, with segmented bodies, compound eyes, and a hard exoskeleton.
