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Paleontologists Find Trilobite’s Last Meal in 465-Million-Year-Old Fossilised Stomach
Here’s something to chew on: a fossilized trilobite from the Ordovician Period, which is so well preserved that a team of paleontologists was able to identify its last meal, now mineralized in the creature’s fossil stomach. The discovery is the first direct evidence of the trilobite diet, taken straight from the animal’s belly. Using synchrotron…