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According to a recent study, trilobites, ancient marine arthropods that lived from 520 million years ago until their extinction 250 million years ago at the end of the Permian epoch, may have developed similarly to modern crustaceans and reached ages that are comparable to them.
Trilobites may not appear to be cuddly creatures, but when it came to mating, one species of these now-extinct arthropods, which resembled enormous, swimming potato bugs wearing Darth Vader helmets, would come together for a brief embrace, according to recent research.
Deep in the heart of the Yucatan Peninsula flourished a mangrove forest so ancient that it remained hidden for some 125,000 years. This 'lost world' more than 200 kilometers from the nearest ocean did not just represent an ancient mangrove ecosystem, but also reveals sea level impacts from the last interglacial period.