Australian Atheists Forum

Here’s something to chew on: a fossilized trilobite from the Ordovician Period, which is so well preserved that a team of paleontologists was able to identify its last meal, now mineralized in the creature’s fossil stomach.

The discovery is the first direct evidence of the trilobite diet, taken straight from the animal’s belly. Using synchrotron microtomography, the team identified fragmented shells in the trilobite that they attributed to a host of marine critters, including ostracods, hyoliths, and bivalves. The team’s research describing the contents was published today in Nature.