Did You Know?
Some trilobites lived over 500 million years ago!
What They Look Like
Asaphus had a round shell and many legs.
Where They Lived
They lived in the ocean long ago.
What asaphus Does
Asaphus swam in the sea.
It ate small plants and bugs.
It had a hard shell for protection.
Fossils help us learn about them.
They lived in groups in the sea.
They are part of Earth's past.
More About asaphus
Asaphus lived in the sea a long time ago. They swam in warm waters. They had many kinds of shapes and sizes. Some were small like a bug, and some were big like a dog.
Today, we find their shells in rocks. These shells tell us about life in the sea. They help us know what the Earth was like then.
Asaphus is just one kind of trilobite. There were many others too! They all help us learn about the past.
How Topics Connect
graph TD
A["Asaphus"] --> B["Genus of Trilobites"]
B --> C["Known from Lower Ordovician"]
B --> D["Known from Middle Ordovician"]
C --> E["Northwestern Europe"]
D --> E
What Do These Words Mean?
genus:a group of related living things
trilobites:an extinct type of sea creature with a hard shell
Ordovician:a period in Earth's history when certain rocks were formed
northwestern Europe:the part of Europe that is in the northwest direction
