Around 450 million years ago, an arthropod was buried alive. Now, scientists have uncovered its fossil preserved in a material […] ...

These familiar marine arthropods first arose about 545 million ... proved among the most successful and enduring of all prehistoric animals. More than 17,000 species are known to have survived ...

And that's not all. Scientists have discovered a new prehistoric arthropod impeccably preserved in iron pyrite specimens found near Rome, New York, in a fossil-rich spot called Beecher's Trilobite ...