The Strangest Trilobites

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Dedication v
3. Contents vii
4. On the Space-Time Road with Trilobites xiii
5. Our Planet’s Memory xvii
6. The Collector’s Gene xix
7. PREFACE xxiii
8. INTRODUCTION
9. Trilobite Morphology 1
10. The First Trilobites 2
11. The Orders of Trilobites: Order from Chaos 6
12. 1. CAMBRIAN PERIOD: 541–485 MILLION YEARS AGO
13. Sakha Republic, Siberia: Roots of a Family Tree 11
14. The Paleozoic Era 18
15. Emu Bay Shale, Australia: Wonders Down Under 21
16. Snowball Earth 28
17. Chengjiang Biota, China: Mountains and Mole Hills 30
18. Cambrian Time Machine 37
19. Latham Shale, California: Trilobite Gold 39
20. Trilobites on Land 47
21. Burgess Shale, British Columbia, Canada: Cradle of Early Life 50
22. The Paradoxides Paradox: The Case for Plate Tectonics 59
23. Jince Formation, Czech Republic: A Bohemian Rhapsody 66
24. Rapid Reports 73
25. Cambrian Trilobite Photo Gallery 79
26. 2. ORDOVICIAN PERIOD: 485–444 MILLION YEARS AGO
27. Asery Horizon, Volkhov River, Russia: From Russia with Bugs 95
28. Ventral Trilobite Preservation 104
29. Walcott/Rust Quarry, New York: Where Legends Are Born 105
30. Trilobite Soft-Tissue Preservation 114
31. Fillmore Formation, Utah: America’s Trilobite Paradise 116
32. Trilobite Eggs 125
33. Valongo Formation, Portugal: Land of the Giants 127
34. Rapid Reports 136
35. Ordovician Trilobite Photo Gallery 139
36. 3. SILURIAN PERIOD: 444–419 MILLION YEARS AGO
37. Rochester Shale, Middleport, New York: Unlocking Silurian Secrets 161
38. Trilobite Feeding Behavior 168
39. Wren’s Nest, Dudley, England: Crown Jewel of the Trilobite Kingdom 170
40. Sexual Dimorphism in Trilobites 177
41. Anticosti Island, Quebec: A Trilobite Treasure Trove 179
42. Rapid Reports 187
43. Silurian Trilobite Photo Gallery 189
44. 4. DEVONIAN PERIOD: 419–359 MILLION YEARS AGO
45. Moroccan Trilobites: Treasures from the Desert 201
46. Trilobite Enrollment 210
47. Trilobite Pathology and Predation 212
48. Trilobites of Bolivia: Sky High in the Andes 214
49. Trilobite Spines 222
50. Haragan Formation, Oklahoma: One Man’s Passion 226
51. Trilobite Molting Behavior 234
52. Silica Shale, Ohio: Trilobites from the Heartland 236
53. Trilobite Eyes 243
54. Rapid Reports 246
55. Devonian Trilobite Photo Gallery 251
56. 5. CARBONIFEROUS/PERMIAN PERIODS: 359–252 MILLION YEARS AGO
57. New Mexico and Kazakhstan: The Demise of Trilobites 263
58. Trilobite Multiplicity 270
59. Trilobite Descendants 273
60. Rapid Reports 275
61. Carboniferous Trilobite Photo Gallery 277
62. 6. TRILOBITE THOUGHTS AND OBSERVATIONS
63. The Truth About Trilobite Collectors 285
64. Finding a Trilobite 292
65. Fossil Shows Around the World 295
66. Trilobite Restrictions: Rules and Regulations 302
67. Trilobite Values 304
68. Acquiring a Trilobite 311
69. Curating a Trilobite Collection 313
70. Behind the Scenes at the American Museum of Natural History 316
71. Top Trilobite Museums 322
72. Prep Workers: Trilobite Transformers 325
73. Every Trilobite Tells a Story 332
74. Fake Trilobites 334
75. Trilobite Color Patterns 342
76. Trilobites in History 345
77. The Strangest Trilobites 348
78. Time and Trilobites 350
79. Final Thought 357
80. Acknowledgments 359
81. Glossary 363
82. Index 365