Project Description

(485 – 444 million years ago) — Mascot: Trilobite — The Ordovician might as well be called, “The Golden Age of Trilobites.” This creature’s name in Greek means “”three lobes,” due to the distinctive three parts of its segmented exoskeleton. Trilobites are one of the most diverse groups in the fossil record, with over 17,000 different species flourishing during the Paleozoic Era. Their heyday was the Ordovician.