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Trilobites lived in the Palaeozoic era, between 300 and 500 million years ago.

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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.


How old are trilobites?

528 million years ago.


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.


When did the trilobites first live?

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What is tribhites?

Trilobites are an extinct group of arthropods. They had exoskeletons, legs, and antennae. Trilobites existed from about 525 billion years ago during the Cambrian until they died out 250 million years ago, during the Permian Extinction, which wiped out about 99% of species. See the related links to learn more about trilobites.


How do you take care of trilobites?

Trilobites have been extinct for a long time; there are none left for us to take care of.


Which area of earth science is most likely to study trilobites?

Trilobites are animals that existed millions of years ago. Geologists, anthropologists, and paleontologists study the fossilized remains of this animal.


Do trilobites eat brine shrimp?

Since all trilobites are extinct it is not possible to answer this question. However it is believed that most fed on dead or dying material as well as some species of ancient wormlike creatures. most trilobites would have been too large to live on brine shrimp, they were 10 to 25 inches long.


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What is the approximate age of the oldest trilobite?

Trilobites appear about 524 million years ago. The "First Appearence Datum" (FAD) of trilobites defines the start of the 2nd Epoch of the Cambrian Period. Trilobites therefore play a very important role in biostratigraphy of the Paleozoic.