Like arthropods today, trilobites molted as they grew, shedding their old exoskeleton. These molts could fossilize, so one animal could leave several different sized fossils behind.
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Exoskeleton
Synonyms for "exoskeleton" (15 found)
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The exoskeleton is worn on the user’s back and around the stomach.
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Arthropods must shed the exoskeleton in order to grow or assume a new form.
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The 17-year-old athlete climbed into a specially designed exoskeleton for the first time in late April, after becoming an in-patient at Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital in Chicago.
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