Worlds LARGEST Trilobites!! Arouca Geopark Musuem Tour 🦂

[@roldorf5615]

Look up books and videos on Richard Fortey, the UK's trilobite expert. He has studied them his whole life. extract from Wikepedia:- Fortey has had a long career as a palaeontologist at the Natural History Museum in London[ his research interests include above all, trilobites: at the age of 14, he discovered his first trilobite, sparking a passionate interest that later became a career. He has named numerous trilobite species and still continues his research despite having retired from the Museum.

[@bob_._.]

Those are very cool. But the name comes from the three longitudinal lobes rather than the cephalon, thorax and pygidium.

[@EmGems]

Ooo thank you!

[@TYPHOON1B]

...fascinating Em.. ...I didn't realise they were generally so small and its great to see those huge examples. Hope you are doing well and great to see you.. ...especially in those jeans ...which are the best pair you've ever hauled for us.. ..stay safe

[@donaldbrizzolara7720]

Hmmm...the largest trilobites? How about this big boy Em. In 1998, a 28 inch-long specimen of Isotelus rex (roughly “The King of Trilobites”) was collected by members of the Royal Ontario Museum along the shores of Hudson Bay in Manitoba, Canada, making it the largest complete trilobite yet found. Love the displays at the Geopark!

[@EmGems]

Hahaha **some** of the largest trilobites 😉 I will have to go visit Canada I think 👀

[@captpaul8827]

I have seen that monster of a trilobite and yes, it is massive!!!

[@FinflazodeTurroai]

I've seen one at Arouca which was 35" long... Arouca is only 400 miles from here, I go there every coupla years and it never ceases to amaze me. And there are many other fossils there, not oly trilobites. There are also the remains of a Roman gold mine nearby. Visit if you can.

[@captpaul8827]

Nice little video, Emma! How did finals go?? 🤔

[@Thorstein31]

Trilobites are the best! The ones in a line remind me of lobsters doing the same

[@markkrug766]

Really like the info-videos. Learn something every time.

[@portugueseeagle8851]

Are you going to film in other museums in Portugal? 😁

[@davidthomas6859]

Wow fantastic,thx for showing 😍👍

[@TJfossil]

Trilobites are definitely cool. Thanks for the virtual field trip, Em! Keep up the great work.

[@toddpowell7231]

at 3:30 you're holding what appears to be a "Phacops"....I've got one in my collection too...

[@respectanimals2]

Wow , I’ve never seen any that big , thanks for sharing , if you can go back please do to show us more , awesome 😎💀🌴

[@Flying4Film]

I've had a fascination with trilobites since I was a kid, but I never knew they got this big.

[@muzikhed]

Lovely specimens alright. Where in Portugal ?

[@nazarnovitsky9868]

Great video , thanks 👍🏻! It was really interesting , so keep making your pretty videos !

[@boubakar5168]

Super ce musée em 😊😊

[@j1mmydy3r19]

Don't know what i love more, the trilobites or your hair! haha

[@fishing631]

Another great video and I loved all them fossils. Hopefully going next to to make a film hoping to find some bone.

[@GPCTM]

4:12 Valongo. those I know: my first "live" fossils. (first time I had encounter fossils "in situ"). I still have some. Can you please tell me what is the name in the tag? Neseuretus tristani, is it?

[@meganbouwhuis599]

That’s really cool!!! Would you recommend visiting this museum? What would you say was your favorite exhibit?

[@aaronclark8877]

I thought it took a long time before the creatures were covered to be fossilised. They were buried quickly. Wow

[@karenashworth5743]

I don't know if you are aware of it but there is a fossil hunter in Portugal who issues KZbin videos of his searches under the name Ze Jurassico. He might be able to help you find areas to hunt in x

[@EmGems]

I will look into this thank you! 😊

[@trongod2000]

Horseshoe crab rather than horse crab. They are actually quite large. I don't know the average size but live ones live on the east coast of America are commonly a third of a meter head to start of the tail. Counting the tail they are often over half a meter.

[@peaceonearth1971]

cool, hope I could find one soon, a small one

[@gerrardjones28]

Very cool

[@R0swell5104]

I wondered why lots appeared to be distorted in one plane or another. The fact they are in slate explains that.

[@DieterHaeussler]

Come to Guatemala 🇬🇹

[@elfallero76]

2:09 .....rock an roll LOL ^_^

[@toughenupfluffy7294]

Trilobites are named for the three longitudinal lobes (left and right pleural lobes and central axial lobe), NOT because of the head/body/tail segmentation(cephalon/thorax/pygidium). Thought you should know...

[@AA1891]

If you want to see what a Trilobite on land would look like, image search the South East Asian Trilobite Beetle.

[@dr.shaman]

we miss you em gems , maybe do just short videos

[@EmGems]

I'm working on coming back regularly 🥳 I just needed to create a backlog of videos as I work aswell so it's hard to keep up every week 😅❤️

[@dr.shaman]

@@EmGems 😀😀😀u could easily work on tv, is just a matter of keep with the channel and porposals will appear. At the end life is t.

[@KENKENNIFF]

They look like modern art.

[@Sanjiv_Kolkata]

The biggest trilobite ever was (almost) 28 inch

[@scottburleson6010]

I have a ten inch one

[@josejc.h.dalton707]

Hola hermosa 😘😘😘

[@avl1094]

Ok