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From the album: Swatara Gap
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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 good friend Kerry Matt as he had mentioned the specimens to me while collecting before. After talking to Kerry we agreed I’d return a few of the specimens to his collection in a trade. While I have all the specimens I thought I’d share them as they the species are often never seen from Swatara. See attached images of the specimens for the details. For context about Swatara Gap read: R.I.P Swatara Gap Top to bottom: Isotelus gigas: collected by Kerry Matt in 1984. Acidaspis cincinnatienis Acidaspis cincinnatienis Taeniaster spinosus with 2 carpoids belonging to the genus Ateleocystites. Ateleocystites Ateleocystites note the intact tube feet on the brittle star arm next to it.
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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.
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