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Trilobites lived mainly in shallow seas near to the continents, although the continents we see today are not the same as they were when trilobites lived.

Parts of the shallow seas in which they lived are now above sea level which is why we now find their fossils on dry land.

Some areas now have trilobite fossils next to different rocks which contain totally different fossil trilobites showing that, at one time, there would have been an ocean separating them.

Areas where you would find the fossils include USA, Canada, Norway, UK, Europe, Morocco, Myanmar (Burma), Russia and many other countries.

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