Fossils record reveals ancient migrations, trilobite mass matings
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 15:31
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Fossilized snapshots are providing paleontologists with new insights into the behavior of ancient marine creatures. Like modern crabs and lobsters, trilobites appear to have gathered in large groups for protection when they shed their protective exoskeletons. During molting, there was safety in numbers. And, like their modern cousins, trilobites seem to have used these molting gatherings as opportunities for mating.