Role Changing of Trilobite Body Parts

Role Changing of Trilobite Body Parts
The Silurian trilobite Waukeshaaspis eatonae, from the Silurian Waukesha Biota of Wisconsin, USA. Image credit: Kenneth Gass, specimen deposited in the University of Wisconsin Geology Museum.

A newly-described genus and species of trilobite is a unique example of an animal changing the form and apparent function of one of its morphological features to overcome a problem, while modifying the form and function of another feature to satisfy the function of the original feature.

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 A newly-described genus and species of trilobite is a unique example of an animal changing the form and apparent function of one of its morphological features to overcome a problem, while modifying the form and function of another feature to satisfy the function of the original feature.
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