Olenellus gilberti Lower Cambrian Nevada Living during the biological onslaught known as the Cambrian Explosion some 540 million years ago, Olenellus gilberti is among the oldest trilobites in the world. No evidence of complex life is found in the fossil record prior to the existence of this type of trilobite. The species also represents the first fossil record of a creature with complex eyes. Measures 3.5 x 3.5 x 1.75in
Olenellus gilberti Lower Cambrian Nevada Living during the biological onslaught known as the Cambrian Explosion some 540 million years ago, Olenellus gilberti is among the oldest trilobites in the world. No evidence of complex life is found in the fossil record prior to the existence of this type of trilobite. The species also represents the first fossil record of a creature with complex eyes. Measures 3.5 x 3.5 x 1.75in
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