| (Ag-nós-t-eh-la) |
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PERIOD: L. Cambrian to U. Ordovician (Ashgill)
FACT: With their puckish sense of humor, Agnostiela are the class clown
of the Trilobite World
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| (Red-li-chee-da) |
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PERIOD: L. Cambrian to M. Cambrian
FACT: Redlichiida are neither red nor spotted.
They are, however, amongst the fastest of the Trilobites
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| (Cory-nex-o-chee-da) |
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PERIOD: Lower Cambrian – Middle Devonian
FACT: In the late '80s Corynexochiida was the third
"Cory," hanging with notorious Hollywood bad boys Cory Feldman &
Haim
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| (Pity-cho-pa-ree-da) |
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PERIOD: Lower Cambrian to Upper Ordovician
FACT: Unline their cousins the Agnostiela, the
Ptychopariida have a dryer, more intellectual sense of humor
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| (Asah-phee-da) |
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PERIOD: Middle-Upper Cambrian boundary to upper Ordovician-lower Silurian
FACT: The Asaphida was considered the most attractive
of the Trilobites, with bedroom eyes and a dark, mediterranean complexion
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| (Phah-co-pee-da) |
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PERIOD: Lower Ordovician (Tremadoc) to Upper Devonian (Famennian)
FACT: The shortest lived of all Trilobites, the
Phacopida's life-span was as short as one month
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| (Li-chee-da) |
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PERIOD: Cambrian to Devonian (Frasnian)
FACT: The Lichida are the smallest of the Trilobites,
often one-fourth the size of the Asaphida
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| (Har-pell-ee-da) |
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PERIOD: Upper Cambrian to Late Devonian (Frasnian)
FACT: Harpelida are the most commonly found Trilboite
in the American southwest
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| (Pro-eh-tee-da) |
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PERIOD:Ordovician (Tremadoc) to Permian (Tartarian)
FACT: Proetida really like butterscotch pudding
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