Dean Ruocco Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 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. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KompsFossilsNMinerals Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 Awesome specimen! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCFossils Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 Nice find! I think that I might have one of these as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muffinsaurus Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 Beautiful! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nautiloid Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 Very nice specimen Dean!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 Yummy! 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bringing Fossils to Life Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 Wow! The rarest trilobite I have from Swatara Gap is a mere Greenops... and this looks complete! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Ruocco Posted August 16, 2022 Author Share Posted August 16, 2022 10 hours ago, Bringing Fossils to Life said: Wow! The rarest trilobite I have from Swatara Gap is a mere Greenops... and this looks complete! Swatara Gap and Suedburg are different, despite the rubble from the burrow pit being dumped at Suedburg all of that material isn't even there anymore. The huge pile of rock is actually scree from a cliff that used to be there which is actually all Devonian rock. I have some pretty good trilobites from Suedburg including a mortality plate that is currently being prepped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bringing Fossils to Life Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Sorry - when I talk about Swatara Gap, I'm actually talking about the dumped Devonian material. Thanks for the correction! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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