Stunning trilobite fossils include soft tissues never seen before

The discovery helps reveal the weird way trilobites ate and perhaps why they went extinct

A 3-D reconstruction of a trilobite

In this 3-D reconstruction of an immaculate trilobite fossil, Protolenus (Hupeolenus) sp., the digestive tract (blue) appears almost completely intact.

© Arnaud Mazurier/University of Poitiers

Paleontologists studying rocks from Morocco have unearthed the most exquisitely preserved trilobite fossils yet discovered.