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for instance were just 0.6 mm long, becoming benthic and adult-like at 8-10 mm long. As there is a wide diversity of adult morphology in the aforementioned trilobite families, this tiny planktonic larval phase that they share may be the link to their extinction. Most trilobites with this life history
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strategy lived in warm, low latitude waters, in which planktonic, non-adult like larvae may be ideal at surviving in. During the
Ordovician-Silurian extinction event, the widespread onset of cold water conditions and
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may have instead favoured species that produced small numbers of large eggs, from which hatched larvae that were already benthic and adult-like in morphology.
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holotype preserves two small clusters of small, round, shallow pits on the head and thorax. These may have been the attachment points of soft bodied
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is a dramatic example of low-latitude gigantism, contrasting with many modern marine benthic arthropods which adhere to
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of polar gigantism. Similarly, most other giant trilobites also lived in shallow tropical or mid latitude waters (eg,
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Gutiérrez-Marco, Juan C.; Sá, Artur A.; García-Bellido, Diego C.; Rábano, Isabel; Valério, Manuel (2009).
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Rudkin, David M.; Young, Graham A.; Elias, Robert J.; Dobrzanski, Edward P. (January 2003).
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799:"Giant trilobites and trilobite clusters from the Ordovician of Portugal"
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Babcock, L. E. (1996). "Chapter 8. Phylum
Arthropoda, Class Trilobita".
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holotype specimen, the largest complete trilobite specimen ever found.
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new species from the Upper
Ordovician of northern Manitoba, Canada"
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New
Species From the Upper Ordovician of Northern Manitoba, Canada"
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Rudkin, D.A.; Young, G.A.; Elias, R.J.; Dobrzanske, E.P. (2003).
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Found in
Manitoba, which was equatorial during the Ordovician,
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10.1666/0022-3360(2003)077<0099:TWBTIR>2.0.CO;2
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127:Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
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412:in size are only known from partial remains.
1069:Paleozoic life of the Northwest Territories
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408:in which the specimens probably exceeding
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484:A number of species have been described:
308:Ordovician-Silurian mass extinction event
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1034:Ordovician trilobites of North America
466:were from cold, high-latitude waters.
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306:trilobites, did not survive past the
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310:. Asaphidae, like all other derived
635:Many specimens have been found in
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43:Middle Ordovician–Late Ordovician
845:"Ohio's State Fossil - Isotelus"
761:"The World's Largest Trilobites"
718:"The World's biggest Trilobite:
590:Chatterton & Ludvigsen, 1976
137:
675:"The World's Biggest Trilobite—
1:
264:Period, fairly common in the
759:S. M. Gon III (2005-08-17).
430:. Note the long head spines.
27:Extinct genus of trilobites
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1044:Paleozoic life of Manitoba
774:P. Z. Myers (2005-04-25).
266:northeastern United States
1054:Paleozoic life of Ontario
1049:Paleozoic life of Nunavut
780:, biggest trilobite ever"
645:State Invertebrate Fossil
508:Ross, Jr. & Shaw 1972
288:Specimens of the species
260:from the Middle and Late
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134:Scientific classification
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1064:Paleozoic life of Quebec
314:trilobite families (ie,
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460:), although a few like
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1039:Ordovician trilobites
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383:Churchill River Group
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294:Churchill River Group
395:Royal Ontario Museum
373:The mostly complete
815:2009Geo....37..443G
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536:I. platymarginatus
505:I. copenhagenensis
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292:were found in the
1059:Verulam Formation
1029:Bromide Formation
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886:Taxon identifiers
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479:I. brachycephalus
424:Arnheim Formation
276:and southeastern
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489:I. aktchokensis
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268:, northwest
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957:iNaturalist
619:I. walcotti
614:Amati, 2014
598:Amati, 2014
572:Locke, 1842
569:I. megistos
564:Locke, 1838
545:I. iowensis
524:Dekay, 1824
500:Amati, 2014
497:I. bradleyi
492:Weber, 1948
302:, like all
229:Dekay, 1824
1018:Categories
651:References
561:I. maximus
548:Owen, 1852
529:I. harrisi
516:Owen, 1981
445:Terataspis
420:I. maximus
406:bohemicus,
404:Hungioides
330:larvae of
262:Ordovician
258:trilobites
171:Arthropoda
831:1943-2682
746:0022-3360
703:0022-3360
626:I. planus
624:(synonym
534:(synonym
463:Uralichas
387:Churchill
357:Gigantism
351:epibionts
241:See text
210:Asaphidae
184:Trilobita
157:Kingdom:
151:Eukaryota
903:Wikidata
894:Isotelus
641:Isotelus
639:, where
603:I. susae
582:I. gigas
521:I. gigas
399:cephalon
391:Manitoba
375:holotype
332:Isotelus
320:Nileidae
312:asaphide
300:Isotelus
270:Manitoba
250:Isotelus
235:Species
224:Isotelus
203:Family:
197:Asaphida
167:Phylum:
161:Animalia
147:Domain:
36:Isotelus
988:5129114
975:1442393
949:4635813
936:4324801
811:Bibcode
803:Geology
643:is the
470:Species
381:, from
348:sessile
304:asaphid
278:Ontario
255:asaphid
216:Genus:
190:Order:
177:Class:
962:317821
909:Q44087
866:
829:
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436:I. rex
410:I. rex
367:I. rex
344:I. rex
337:anoxia
328:instar
322:, and
290:I. rex
274:Quebec
1001:20000
970:IRMNG
944:GBIF
923:55N5
864:ISBN
827:ISSN
742:ISSN
699:ISSN
637:Ohio
428:Ohio
342:The
48:PreꞒ
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