Trilobites
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Trilobites are an extinct group of marine arthropods with segmented bodies and hard exoskeletons that flourished in Earth’s oceans during the Paleozoic Era.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Trilobites canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15223417 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Trilobites Context triple: [Burgess Shale, containsFossilsOf, Trilobites]
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A.
Ammonites
The Ammonites were an ancient Semitic people living east of the Jordan River, frequently appearing in the Hebrew Bible as adversaries of the Israelites.
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B.
Rangeomorphs
Rangeomorphs are an extinct group of frond-like Ediacaran organisms characterized by highly branched, fractal body forms that represent some of the earliest complex multicellular life on Earth.
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C.
Anomalocaris
Anomalocaris was a large, predatory marine arthropod-like creature from the Cambrian period, notable for its grasping frontal appendages and circular, toothed mouth.
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D.
Marrella
Marrella is an extinct, small, soft-bodied arthropod known from the Burgess Shale, notable for its distinctive spined head shield and importance in understanding early Cambrian marine ecosystems.
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E.
Priapulida
Priapulida is a small phylum of unsegmented, burrowing marine worms known for their cylindrical, eversible proboscis and occurrence in soft seafloor sediments.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Trilobites Target entity description: Trilobites are an extinct group of marine arthropods with segmented bodies and hard exoskeletons that flourished in Earth’s oceans during the Paleozoic Era.
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A.
Ammonites
The Ammonites were an ancient Semitic people living east of the Jordan River, frequently appearing in the Hebrew Bible as adversaries of the Israelites.
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B.
Rangeomorphs
Rangeomorphs are an extinct group of frond-like Ediacaran organisms characterized by highly branched, fractal body forms that represent some of the earliest complex multicellular life on Earth.
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C.
Anomalocaris
Anomalocaris was a large, predatory marine arthropod-like creature from the Cambrian period, notable for its grasping frontal appendages and circular, toothed mouth.
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D.
Marrella
Marrella is an extinct, small, soft-bodied arthropod known from the Burgess Shale, notable for its distinctive spined head shield and importance in understanding early Cambrian marine ecosystems.
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E.
Priapulida
Priapulida is a small phylum of unsegmented, burrowing marine worms known for their cylindrical, eversible proboscis and occurrence in soft seafloor sediments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Burgess Shale