Nature & Environment
Life in the Palaeozoic
...open ocean, and some were adapted to low concentrations of oxygen in water hundreds of metres deep. How they reproduced is not clear. Figure 6 shows a range of trilobites from the Ordovician Period. [Figure 6] Figure 6 A selection of Ordovician trilobites from central Wales. (a) Oygiocarella (7.5 cm). (b) Cnemidopyge (3 cm). (c) Telaeomarrolithus (2 cm). Trilobites like...