Trilobites are extinct marine arthropods that flourished in the oceans of the ancient Paleozoic. The word trilobite means "three-lobed." The closest living relatives of trilobites are horseshoe crabs and spiders!

In 1991, Ray Troll and Jim Baichtal found half a trilobite in the Devonian rocks on a beach off the coast of Prince of Wales Island. One was a positive fossil impression and the other was a negative fossil impression (an "innie" and an "outie").

Much to their surprise, on the boat ride back to town, they discovered that they had found the separate halves of the very same trilobite! Both halves have been reunited for this exhibit. Can you feel the magic?