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From the album: Swatara Gap
Swatara Gap.-
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From the album: Swatara Gap
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From the album: Swatara Gap
Rare odontoplurid from Swatara Gap.-
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Rare odontoplurid from Swatara Gap, collected and featured in Kerry Matt’s book.-
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Collected by Kerry Matt in 1987 at Swatara Gap.-
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Today I went to visit a friend of mine who purchased a flat of swatara gap material recently from an old collection. After hanging out and chatting for a bit he mentioned he had something to show me. He revealed a flat of incredible material to say the least, Two Acidaspis, a nearly perfect 3 inch Isotelus, and a massive Taeniaster flanked by two carpoids. The other specimens in the box were more common but impressively complete. I made an offer on the spot, after negotiating for a little we made a deal and I went home with the collection I knew most of the specimens had been collected by my g
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Hey everyone, Thought I’d share a recent acquisition of mine with you all! This is an extremely rare odontopleurid called Diacanthaspis sp. from the closed Ordovician locality at Swatara gap. These trilobites were not often found at the trilobite beds at Swatara Gap but rather in the echinoderm beds. One publications states that in 100 hours of digging one could expect one articulated specimen. It is probably the 7th 8th most rare trilobite species at Swatara behind Proteus and Platylichas.
