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Pro

duced in a

ssocia

tion w

ith U

SG

S.

Open F

ile R

eport

94-6

67 b

y T

au R

ho A

lpha

Art

work

by A

nita R

iley

Trilobite

05-0

34-2

then g

lue

on the re

vers

e

s

ide

Fold

Legs

Glu

e t

o g

ills

Head

Cut

Cut

Cut

Cut

Cut

Cut

Glue

Glue

Glue

Glue

Glue

Glue

Cut

out

slo

ts

1. C

ut out th

e b

ody,

gill

s a

nd legs.

2. F

old

alo

ng the d

otted lin

es.

3. G

lue g

ills to u

nders

ide o

f body.

4. G

lue legs to u

nders

ide o

f gill

s.

5. G

lue a

nte

nnae to u

nders

ide o

f head.

30

-9/3

88

an

ten

nae

body

gill

s

legs

Trilo

bite

s a

re e

xtin

ct,

ha

rd-s

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lled

ma

rin

e a

nim

als

tha

t liv

ed

in

th

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ea

s m

illio

ns o

f ye

ars

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o. T

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y

evo

lve

d a

t th

e b

eg

inn

ing

of

the

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lae

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ra

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ars

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d w

en

t e

xtin

ct

du

rin

g t

he

la

te P

erm

ian

pe

rio

d (

24

8 m

illio

n y

ea

rs

ag

o).

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e t

rilo

bite

ge

ts its

na

me

be

ca

use

its

bo

dy

is d

ivid

ed

in

to t

hre

e m

ain

se

gm

en

ts. T

rilo

bite

s a

re

art

hro

po

ds w

hic

h m

ea

ns 'jo

int

foo

ted

'.

Gills

Glue to underside of body

Head