Tilburg Summer 2007: Trilobite in Macro

Trilobites are extinct arthropods that form the class Trilobita. They appeared in the 2nd Epoch of the Cambrian period and flourished throughout the lower Paleozoic era before beginning a drawn-out decline to extinction when, during the Late Devonian extinction, all trilobite orders, with the sole exception of Proetida, died out. The last of the trilobites disappeared in the mass extinction at the end of the Permian about 250 million years ago.

The trilobite in the photograph is about 350 million years old. The fossil was found in Erfoud, Marocco.

Canon Eos 350D Tamron Di Macro 90mm

Photo 1 and 2: F32 8 sec ISO100