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One characteristic of Cambrian fossils is that
they’ve been so very well preserved. During
fossilization under normal conditions, the hard
part of the outer shells, consisting of chitin and
calcium, should be decayed or dispersed. Yet in
the great majority of specimens collected from
Cambrian rocks, the exoskeletons maintain ne-
arly all their original forms, and their owners’
main internal systems can also be seen.
The body of a trilobite consisted of various
segmented sections, all joined together. Each
was connected to the adjoining ones with a
hinge, forming a linked system much like mo-
dern railway carriages. By means of this seg-
mented body, these creatures could easily mo-
ve over obstacles, flex and turn. 14
