A Triarthrus eatoni trilobite, order Ptychopariida, family Olenidae, 11 mm long, found in the Frankfort Shale, New York, USA, from the Upper Ordovician. Credit: Dwergenpaartje / Wikimedia / CC BY-SA 3 ...
A rapid climate collapse during the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction devastated ocean life and reshuffled Earth’s ecosystems.