A one-of-a-kind trilobite fossil hints at what and how these creatures ate
3-D scan reveals the consumed remains of shells, sea urchin–like creatures and other bottom-dwellers
![An image of a 3-D scan of a fossilized trilobite with shell fragments, bits of sea urchin-like creatures and other bottom-dwellers represented in shades of red and blue.](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/092723_sp_trilobite-diet_trilobite_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
A high-resolution 3-D scan of a fossilized trilobite reveals what the ancient marine arthropod ate before it died: shell fragments, bits of sea urchin–like creatures and other bottom-dwellers (represented in shades of red and blue).
P.Kraft et al/Nature 2023