Not in the right clade, basically.
They look similar, but aren’t directly related. It’s similar to why legless lizards aren’t snakes, and bats aren’t birds.
Comment on Horseshoe theory
PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Why aren’t these things considered Trilobites exactly? They look like Trilobites and I’m pretty sure they fill some of the same general niches? Is it just a taxonomical thing? Are they just not in the right clade?
Pipoca@lemmy.world 8 months ago
apolo399@lemmy.world 8 months ago
But snakes are legless lizards. Link to youtube
Pipoca@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Fair. I should have said that many legless lizards aren’t snakes.
omxxi@feddit.de 8 months ago
a-z-animals.com/…/trilobite-vs-horseshoe-crab-wha…
brisk@aussie.zone 8 months ago
This reads like it was written by an LLM
thesporkeffect@lemmy.world 8 months ago
If it quacks like a LLM …