Trilobite - 3-5" - Fossil

Trilobite - 3-5" - Fossil

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Trilobites are fossilized marine arthropods and are the Ohio state fossil

Trilobites

(TRY-loh-bites)

Calymene first appeared over 520 million years ago during the Early Cambrian Period and went extinct during the Permian Period, about 250 million years ago. They were a diverse group of marine arthropods with over 25,000 different species. The biggest species measured 28 inches and the smallest measured less than a millimeter. Since trilobites regularly shed their exoskeletons (shells) during the molting process, they left an extensive fossil record on every continent. The Native American people of the Ute tribe have long gathered and carried trilobite fossils as amulets (protective charms). They call them Timpe-Konitza- Pachuee, which means "little water bug living in a house of stone”.