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Trilobites A to Z
A Paleozoic Encyclopedia
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Trilobites are among the most remarkable lifeforms ever to exist. First emerging 521 million years ago, these organisms—animals with highly developed eyes, sturdy walking legs, and protective outer shells—evolved into more than 25,000 scientifically recognised species. During their 270 million years of inhabiting the ancient seas,...
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Trilobites A to Z is the ultimate reference guide to these incredible invertebrates. It features reader-friendly, concise yet information-packed introductions to nearly 1,500 trilobite species, each accompanied by a full-color photograph.
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Trilobites are among the most remarkable lifeforms ever to exist. First emerging 521 million years ago, these organisms—animals with highly developed eyes, sturdy walking legs, and protective outer shells—evolved into more than 25,000 scientifically recognised species. During their 270 million years of inhabiting the ancient seas, trilobites proliferated into an ever more fanciful cast of characters, from graceful Cambrian olenellids to robust Ordovician asaphids to spine-covered Devonian phacopids. Their fossil remains, which today can be found on every continent, testify to the astonishing breadth and scope of trilobite heterogeneity.
Trilobites A to Z is the ultimate reference guide to these incredible invertebrates. It features reader-friendly, concise yet information-packed introductions to nearly 1,500 trilobite species, each accompanied by a full-colour photograph. Grouped according to periods within the Palaeozoic era, the book illuminates the similarities and differences among trilobite specimens from around the globe, bringing to life the complexity and beauty of these long-extinct creatures in all their variety.
Andy Secher—one of the world’s leading trilobite collectors—also offers practical guidance for readers seeking to identify specimens of their own. Comprehensive and entertainingly written, this essential encyclopedia will inform and delight trilobite enthusiasts and collectors as well as students and scholars of invertebrate palaeontology.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780231223300
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 22 September 2026
Country: United States
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Illustration: 1470 color figures
Contributors:
- Foreword by Gregory Edgecombe
- Foreword by David Rudkin
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 216.0mm
Height: 279.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 472
About the Author
Andy Secher has been a field associate in paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History for more than two decades. He curates one of the world’s largest private trilobite collections. Secher is the author of Travels with Trilobites: Adventures in the Paleozoic (Columbia, 2022) and The Trilobite Collector’s Guide (Columbia, 2024), and he was the longtime editor of the rock music magazine Hit Parader.
David Rudkin is the former assistant curator of invertebrate paleontology at the Royal Ontario Museum.
Greg Edgecombe is a merit researcher in the Department of Earth Sciences at the Natural History Museum, London.
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