I think trilobite is a pretty cool extinct arthropod

[Samus Aran]

eh was a Cambrian-period organism and didn't afraid of anything

[Daddy]

i like wiwaxias

[Samus Aran]

i also like hallucigenia

[The Hand That Fisted Everyone]

i like wiwaxias

that kinda looks like an artichoke with fins

[wawi]

My teacher has a fossil of one.

[Samus Aran]

My teacher has a fossil of one.

i have 2 of them

[wawi]

i have 2 of them

How big is it?

[ncba93ivyase]

Couldn't help it. 

I had to look at it thrice to see what you did.

[Samus Aran]

I had to look at it thrice to see what you did.

Same here. Confused the hell out of me when I first saw it.

How big is it?

They're both about an inch and a half long. They're somewhat big compared to most trilobite species.

[wawi]

They're both about an inch and a half long. They're somewhat big compared to most trilobite species.

My teacher's must not be real then. I'll try and take a picture

[Samus Aran]

My teacher's must not be real then. I'll try and take a picture

Not necessarily. While most are quite small, sure, there are some species that range up to even 28 inches.

[wawi]

Not necessarily. While most are quite small, sure, there are some species that range up to even 28 inches.

Oh ok. His fossil is about a foot and a half long

[:atomsk:]

they are pretty neat. they remind me of horse shoe crabs.

[Samus Aran]

they are pretty neat. they remind me of horse shoe crabs.

Yeah, and that's probably no coincidence, seeing as how trilobites and horseshoe crabs have very close evolutionary patterns, both being early sea arthropods that probably descended from sea scorpions.

[KonohaShinobi]

I had one of them.