Still in search of prehistoric survivals

 

Credit: Kevin Walsh/Trilobite 3

An interesting entry from Karl Shuker´s cryptozoology blog, dealing with the quest for a historical trilobite. Nothing found yet, but due to good ol´ Neopilina, hope springs eternal...

Dredging up some living trilobites

Trilobite times

Trilobites lived on Earth (well, in the oceans actually) for 270 million years before the last ones were finally did in...by global volcanic eruptions that lasted for 2 million years!

Wtf?! But we're the crown of creation because...

Yeah, because of *what* exactly? Because we just elected an old fossil US president? Maybe Joe is a trilobite!

So far, we haven't come up with anything that could make our species last for 270 million years...

Why trilobites went extinct