Trilobite Soft Tissue Preservation
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Only rarely under very special conditions are the ventral (underside) soft tissue parts of trilobites preserved. Understanding those conditions is the field of taphonomy, the study of decaying organisms over time and how they become fossilized. |
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Examples
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Early
Cambrian
Order Redlichiida Superfamily Redlichioidea Family Redlichiidae Chengjiang Maotianshan Shales, China |
Early
Cambrian
Order Redlichiida Superfamily Redlichioidea Family Redlichiidae Chengjiang Maotianshan Shales, China |
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