Taphonomy of non-biomineralized trilobite tissues preserved as calcite casts from the Ordovician Walcott-Rust Quarry, USA

Abstract Trilobites with appendages from the Rust Formation of New York State were discovered in the 1870s and represent one of the earliest known cases of exceptional preservation of non-biomineralized tissues. The Rust Formation trilobites feature three-dimensionally preserved walking legs and del...

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Main Authors: Sarah R. Losso, Jennifer E. Thines, Javier Ortega-Hernández
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-09-01
Series:Communications Earth & Environment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00981-5