Five new malformed trilobites from Cambrian and Ordovician deposits from the Natural History Museum

• Published in: PeerJ (San Francisco, CA) Vol. 11; p. e16326
• Main Authors: Bicknell, Russell D.C., Smith, Patrick M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: San Diego, USA PeerJ. Ltd 26.10.2023; PeerJ Inc
• Subjects: Burgess Shale; Ecology; Evolutionary Studies; Fortey, Richard; Injuries; Museums; Paleontology; Paleozoic; Predation; Predator-prey systems; Trilobites; Zoology; Canada; United Kingdom; Czech Republic; Australia; India

Injured trilobites present insight into how a completely extinct group of arthropods responded to traumatic experiences, such as failed predation and moulting complications. These specimens are therefore important for more thoroughly understanding the Paleozoic predator-prey systems that involved tr...