Why bite the right of a trilobite? (Geology) From: Science News | Date: July 29, 1989| Author: Monastersky, Richard | COPYRIGHT 1989 Science Service, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Why bite the right of a trilobite?

If old wounds heal, what might they reveal 500 million years later? According to paleontologist Loren E. Babcock, injuries that old can offer surprising information about long-extinct animals. Take, for instance, the trilobite, an ancient, crustacean-like creature. While studying bite marks on fossilized trilobites, Babcock and Richard A. Robinson of the University of Kansas in Lawrence discovered that bite scars most often appear on th...