‘Remarkably preserved’ 500-million-year-old sea creature discovered

Even though trilobites swam the oceans some 500 million years ago, researchers said the animals still look as though they “died yesterday”
‘Remarkably preserved’ 500-million-year-old sea creature discovered

An artistic reconstruction of two species of trilobite (A El Albani/University of Poitiers/PA)

A sea creature that lived millions of years ago has been discovered in a “remarkable state of preservation” by scientists.

Even though trilobites swam the oceans some 500 million years ago, researchers said the animals still look as though they “died yesterday”.

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