The Calymenina (“KAH-lee-meh-NEE-nah”) suborder of these animals is characterized by having its suture end at the genal (“jee-nal”) angle. A set of structures found in these animals can be classified into holochroal (“HOH-loh-krole”), schizochroal (“SKIT-soh-krole”), or abathochroal (“ah-BAH-thoh-krole”) subtypes. In 1999, a research group from the University of Manitoba discovered the largest one of these animals near Churchill, measuring at 28 inches long; that animal is of the species Isotelus (“EYE-soh-tehl-uhs”) rex. These animals, which were the first to have evolved (*) compound eyes, proliferated by the end of the Terreneuvian (“TAYR-uh-NOO-vee-an”) series of the Cambrian era. Due to having a similar appearance to them, horseshoe crabs are often erroneously stated to be the closest relative to these invertebrates. For 10 points, name these extinct marine arthropods named for their “three-lobed” body organization. ■END■
ANSWER: trilobites [or Trilobita]
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