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Ancient sea creature sported a big fork on its head to toss away the competition, study suggests

Researchers have used 3D model reconstructions of a bizarre trilobite an ancient shelled sea creature to understand why it grew a trident as long as its whole body on its head.

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This Ancient Creature Used a Trident to Joust For Sex 400 Million Years Ago

A strange example of an ancient invertebrate known as a trilobite may have used the distinctive trident-like structure on its head to 'joust' for the right to mate with females, flipping rivals over on the sea bed to put them out of action.

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Why this trilobite had Neptune s trident for a nose

Walliserops trifurcatus wasn’t like the other trilobites. Sure, it had a body like a cross between a pillbug and a horseshoe crab. But it also wi

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Fossil analysis reveals oldest known example of sexual combat weapon

It had previously been thought that the trident was used for feeding.

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Fossil analysis reveals oldest known example of sexual combat weapon

Fossil analysis reveals oldest known example of sexual combat weapon
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