where are the trilobites gone? - erutufon|nofuture

21st January 2005

i know no one gives a fuck about trilobites, cause everyone watches celebrity big britehr and doesnt vcare about things that exisdt but I was thinking about trilobites the other night when i came home after having about 12 pints off my face they just popped in my head as they do. Anyway, i've never fucking seen one. Where do they live? whjy dont they live on the streets?

Proetida
dontru think it looks like an giger kieth chegwin spaceship, i do regardless. whats going on.?

Boing! · 21st January 2005

They live on as Horseshoe crabs.

21st January 2005

I used to have a few small fossilized ones about. Probably in a box somewhere in my folks' attic. Neat things those must have been. Don't think I'd be so happy running into some of their contemporaries though. Megalodons and Pleisiosaurs, no fucking thank you very much.

**V Knid esq** · 21st January 2005

Trilobites were around from way before Mogadons.

21st January 2005

What's a Mogadon? Megalodon was a predecessor to the shark and many times as big. Not familiar with Mogadon.

**V Knid esq** · 21st January 2005

Sorry cheap joke on my part - Mogadon was an old British trade name for Nitrazepam. Still, trilobites were around long before any vertebrates.

*wheezer* · 21st January 2005

The trilobite is split into 150 families, about 5000 genera, and over 15,000 described species or so - chances are one of those little suckers might've been in the water with a Megalodon.

Megalodons were some fierce fuckers, sharks with teeth shaped like those of the great white shark of yore, but with each tooth the size of a human hand. Supposedly they lived off of prehistoric whales.

21st January 2005

I think there may have been some cartillaginous ones about. Granted, most of the Trilobite's contemporaries with things like Ammonites, wierd little sea-slugs and Sea Anemonie type things. 'Twould be a while before life walked the land at all.

On a bit of a whinging note, how come we treat the oceans so badly? Why have so many forgotten our deep ties to it? 90% of our blood is sea-water, yet the ocean is our big blue rubbish tip. Shameful. Worst thing we're doing to our world right now, far more so than all the CO2 and fossil fuel use. Oh well, it'll catch up to us soon enough.

Ape

**thembuzz** · 21st January 2005

when i was a kid, i had an imaginary camel called trilobite

robin · 22nd January 2005

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Originally posted by GodDog
i know no one gives a fuck about trilobites, cause everyone watches celebrity big britehr and doesnt vcare about things that exisdt but I was thinking about trilobites the other night when i came home after having about 12 pints off my face they just popped in my head as they do. Anyway, i've never fucking seen one. Where do they live? whjy dont they live on the streets?

Proetida
dontru think it looks like an giger kieth chegwin spaceship, i do regardless. whats going on.?

i know what the fuck you mean mate, i think they come out in the day tho. are u generally up in the mornings cos presumably by lunch time theyre tired? they are reptiles

why are there so many dinosaur geeks on here, trilobites aren't even dinsosaurs.

22nd January 2005

Oi! What the fuck is wrong with understanding a bit of oceanic pre-history, eh? You got something against ancient aquatic life?

Ape

pille'ocheoni · 22nd January 2005

this is the first thread i have read ever post on. i like prehistoric stuff. more please im learning alot.

*wheezer* · 22nd January 2005

in that case check out http://www.trilobites.info/ - fucking intense trilobite site ...

22nd January 2005

Nice one.

decadnids · 22nd January 2005

**V Knid esq** · 23rd January 2005

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Originally posted by robin

they are reptiles

Balls are they reptiles - they're crustaceans, surely?

robin · 23rd January 2005

no the defnition of a reptile is anything without fur or tits, a crustacean has to be edible

pille'ocheoni · 23rd January 2005

hmmm dont know about that, sounds a bit elementary for a defintion

trippingadget · 23rd January 2005

my pet trilobyte is a somewhat fussy eater, by the par.

robin · 24th January 2005

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Originally posted by pille'ocheoni
hmmm dont know about that, sounds a bit elementary for a defintion

wtf r u on
why dont you look stuff up

**Scoz** · 25th January 2005

If I remember my palaeontology right they are arthropods

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GodDog Posts: n/a	where are the trilobites gone? i know no one gives a fuck about trilobites, cause everyone watches celebrity big britehr and doesnt vcare about things that exisdt but I was thinking about trilobites the other night when i came home after having about 12 pints off my face they just popped in my head as they do. Anyway, i've never fucking seen one. Where do they live? whjy dont they live on the streets? Proetida dontru think it looks like an giger kieth chegwin spaceship, i do regardless. whats going on.?
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Boing! KlingKlang Janitor Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 152	They live on as Horseshoe crabs.
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pongoid Posts: n/a	I used to have a few small fossilized ones about. Probably in a box somewhere in my folks' attic. Neat things those must have been. Don't think I'd be so happy running into some of their contemporaries though. Megalodons and Pleisiosaurs, no fucking thank you very much.
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V Knid esq Erutufon Subscriber Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Lahndan Taaaahn Posts: 13,439	Trilobites were around from way before Mogadons. ...........................
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pongoid Posts: n/a	What's a Mogadon? Megalodon was a predecessor to the shark and many times as big. Not familiar with Mogadon.
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wheezer Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Hackney Posts: 7,002	The trilobite is split into 150 families, about 5000 genera, and over 15,000 described species or so - chances are one of those little suckers might've been in the water with a Megalodon. Megalodons were some fierce fuckers, sharks with teeth shaped like those of the great white shark of yore, but with each tooth the size of a human hand. Supposedly they lived off of prehistoric whales. ........................... Dawn appeared, fresh and rosy fingered
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thembuzz 60% andy Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: manchest Posts: 9,952	when i was a kid, i had an imaginary camel called trilobite
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22nd January 2005	#11
pongoid Posts: n/a	Oi! What the fuck is wrong with understanding a bit of oceanic pre-history, eh? You got something against ancient aquatic life? Ape
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pille'ocheoni Just add a gabber kick Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 7,220	this is the first thread i have read ever post on. i like prehistoric stuff. more please im learning alot.
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robin Registered Erutufon Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 66	no the defnition of a reptile is anything without fur or tits, a crustacean has to be edible
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trippingadget Flaccid member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Glasgow Posts: 306	my pet trilobyte is a somewhat fussy eater, by the par.
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Scoz Registered Erutufon Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Liverpool Posts: 350	If I remember my palaeontology right they are arthropods
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