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Trilobites meaning "three lobes" are a
well-known fossil group of extinct marine arthropods
that form the class Trilobita. The fossil Trilobites
are extinct arthropods that populated Palaeozoic
seas from the Cambrian (540 million years ago) to
the Permian (250 million years ago). More than
15,000 species have been described. The typical
trilobite was a woodlouse-like sea-floor creature;
some species sifted food particles from the mud,
while others were active predators or scavengers.
The folklore Fossil trilobites are common throughout
the world. In North America, the Pahvant people
believed these little "water bugs" had medicinal
properties if worn as a necklace. Many trilobite
fossils have been found with small holes drilled
into them to hold a thread. It was believed that
these fossils could guard against anything from a
sore throat to diphtheria � and even stray bullets
during the days of the Wild West.
A trilobite called Calymene was so abundant in the
limestone once quarried and mined around Dudley in
the West Midlands that, until recently, it appeared
on the town's coat-of-arms. It became known locally
as the Dudley Bug or Dudley Insect and, during the
18th century, Dudley miners supplemented their
incomes by selling these attractive fossils. Ute
Indians of Utah used "trilobites in amulets and
necklaces as a means of warding off evil spirits and
to give protection in battle." This
will give health, wealth and psychic power. To get
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