I love the little critters. Not enough that I’d ever be willing to be a paleontologist, but enough that I thoroughly enjoyed Trilobite: Eyewitness to Evolution when Mike’s dad recommended it to me. Particularly when viewed from the top, they look like such friendly little critters, and it’s a shame that we can only be acquainted with them in fossil form now.
The first fossil I ever owned was a tiny but perfect trilobite in a piece of gray shale. I bought it during a family vacation when I was in grade school, I want to say, and I still have it now. I just don’t have anywhere I can display it that won’t allow the Bad Kitty to throw it on the floor whenever he’s feeling grumpy.
Anyway, this site is quite cool, and all about trilobites. There’s even a page dealing with fossil abnormalities that indicate disease or recovery from injury, which is pretty neat.