Eoredlichia intermedia

3D Model

Yunnan Province, China, ~518 million years old.

The trilobite Eoredlichia can be divided into a head shield, thorax and tail shield. It had 21 pairs of jointed legs underneath the body, each with a feather-like gill for breathing. It fed by scavenging decaying organisms, and used its paired legs to walk over the sea floor. The pair of long antennae at the front of the head was used for sensing its surroundings and finding food.

Created for the First Animals exhibition at Oxford University Museum of Natural History: www.oum.ox.ac.uk/firstanimals

Model by Mighty Fossils: www.mightyfossils.com