Trilobite palaeobiology and substrate relationships
- 1 January 1985
- journal article
- life and-environment-of-fossil-forms
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
- Vol. 76 (2-3) , 231-237
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0263593300010464
Abstract
A model suggesting that the trilobite carapace served primarily as a tight hood, under which sandy sediment could be processed for food, is consistent with morphological and ichnological data. It helps us to understand not only the origin of trilobite design, but also its modification for other habitats and modes of life.Keywords
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