Trilobites were an important part of this surge.

三虫是这波爆增潮的重点动物。

Was it the " Please don't show me another picture of a trilobite" vibe?

是“别再给我看三虫照片” 的电吗？

These creatures were among the first to harness the light that filled the universe.

三虫属于最早一批能够利用光的生物。

Trilobite and dinosaur fossils have been unearthed in many places.

多处出土三虫恐龙化石等。

All trilobites had three lengthwise lobes, but building off the same basic components, they varied greatly.

所有的三虫都有三块纵，然都是由同样的基本元素组成，它们的变化非常多。

As a result, they filled many distinct niches over the ages.

因此，那段时期中出过多种形态和习各异的三虫。

Many trilobites plowed or burrowed into the seafloor while others swam freely.

许多三虫会在海底犁地或挖洞，其他的则自在地游泳。

Like modern arthropods, trilobites had compound eyes composed of many tiny lenses.

就的节肢动物，三虫也有由许多小晶体组成的复眼。

Fortey found his first when he was a boy clambering over rocks at St. David's Bay in Wales.

福泰在孩提时就发了第一个三虫化石，当时他正攀越威尔士圣戴维海湾的岩壁。

With so much time at their disposal, the trilobites proliferated prodigiously.

三虫有那么漫长的支配时间，因此数量激剧增加。

Shelly creatures such as trilobites and brachiopods, of whose ancestors there is little sign in the rocks, are suddenly everywhere.

三虫、腕足动物此般壳类动物的祖先没有在岩层中留下什么痕迹，但它们的遗迹却突然间比比皆是。

From about five hundred million years ago, big creatures became much more common, from trilobites to trees to tyrannosaurus rex.

从大约五亿年前开始，大型生物变得更加常见，从三虫到树木再到雷克斯霸王龙。

These lenses allowed trilobites to form sharp images and quickly sense changes in light.

这些晶体让三虫看见锐利的影，并快速察觉光线的改变。

Each cupboard was filled with shallow drawers, and each drawer was filled with stony trilobites-twenty thousand specimens in all.

每个柜子上都有许多不深的抽屉，每个抽屉里都塞满了三虫化石——总共有2万件标本。

She had no research facilities to study them and no funds to look for more.

她没有必要的设备来研究三虫，也没有资金来寻找更多的三虫。

A single-file line of traveling trilobites, all facing the same direction, were caught in a sediment avalanche 480 million years ago.

科学家在4.8亿年前发生的沉淀物雪崩中，发了一排面朝同一方迁徙的三虫。

Some had long eye stalks that helped them peep above the muddy seafloor as they burrowed beneath.

有些三虫有很长的眼柄，让它们在海底挖洞时还能看到泥泞的海床上有什么。

Some creatures like trilobites and brachiopods survived though.

不过，一些生物如三虫和腕足动物幸存下来。

Jellyfish, the first invertebrates, trilobytes, incredible diversification begins to take place.

水母，首批无脊椎动物，三虫，令人惊叹的多样化开始出。

Everyone knows what a trilobite looks like, or a theropod track.

每个人都知道三虫长什么样，或者兽脚类足迹的样子。