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Trilobite palaeobiology and substrate relationships

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2011

A. Seilacher
A. Seilacher
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Institut und Museum für Geologie und Paläontologie, Universität Tübingen, 7400 Tübingen 1, Sigwartstrasse 10, B.R.D.
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Abstract

A model suggesting that the trilobite carapace served primarily as a tight hood, under which sandy sediment could be processed for food, is consistent with morphological and ichnological data. It helps us to understand not only the origin of trilobite design, but also its modification for other habitats and modes of life.

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trilobite palaeoecology.

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Life and environment of fossil forms
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Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 76 , Issue 2-3: Fossil Anthropods as Living Animals , 1985 , pp. 231 - 237
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1985

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