Trilobites were enormously successful arthropods that lived throughout the Paleozoic (2). They are thought to have been most closely related to living horseshoe crabs, but are themselves not chelicerates (3). Four species of trilobites have been found at Seven Stars, but as usual only their hard exoskeletons are preserved. Trilobites found at Seven Stars DipleuraContinue reading “Trilobites”
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A Seven Star Review
On Monday, I went to Seven Stars quarry, a place once quarried for brick making material. This same quarry was once home to a thriving ecosystem, full of clams, coral, trilobites, lamp shells, cephalopods, and crinoids. Seven Stars is about an hour from where I live, not nearly as long a drive as Red Hill,Continue reading “A Seven Star Review”