Scylla Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 I would have thought this was a faked fossil if I saw it for sale. Line of trilobites indicates social behavior. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/17/science/trilobites-fossils-marching.html 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Here is the link for this paper and a link to a previous thread on a queue of migrating trilobites from Poland. Vannier, J., Vidal, M., Marchant, R., El Hariri, K., Kouraiss, K., Pittet, B., El Albani, A., Mazurier, A., Martin, E. 2019 Collective behaviour in 480-million-year-old trilobite arthropods from Morocco. Nature Research, Scientific Reports, 9(14941):1-10 PDF LINK SUPPLEMENTARY TEXT SUPPLEMENTARY TABLES SUPPLEMENTARY FIGURES Trenchard, H., Brett, C.E., Perc, M. 2017 Trilobite 'pelotons': possible hydrodynamic drag effects between leading and following trilobites in trilobite queues. Palaeontology 60(4):557-569 PDF LINK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandpa Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 I'm not the least bit surprised by this news. I recall seeing the same behavior being exhibited by the cockroaches in the kitchen of our married student housing back in '78. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 They migrate single file like lobsters. Pretty neat to know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted October 18, 2019 Author Share Posted October 18, 2019 On 10/17/2019 at 4:11 PM, grandpa said: I'm not the least bit surprised by this news. I recall seeing the same behavior being exhibited by the cockroaches in the kitchen of our married student housing back in '78. 1978 or 1878? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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