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This year's second hunt was successful, considering the snow. There is still a bit of snow covering some places. I was still lucky enough to find some ok fossils.

 

The area where I found these trilobites is called fossildalen/fossilvalley in slemmestad (i`ve showed pictured from the area before). The fossils here in the area stem from the time periods of Cambrian, Ordovician and Silurian, a period of 541 million to 419 million years ago. At that time, Slemmestad was a seabed in a relatively shallow sea. The trilobites fossils I found are about 420 million years old I believe. I found around 10 trilobites or parts of them. 

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Just now, CH Fossils said:

@DevonianDigger I might be interested, ill let you know! especially if i found many more in the summer. Maybe we can trade too :)

 

I am all about trading. Let me know how you do, and I will do the same. I don't think I have any trilobites from Norway yet, so anything you find is going to be of interest to me!

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Jay A. Wollin

Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve

Hamburg, New York, USA

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29 minutes ago, DevonianDigger said:

I think I know a guy who might be interested. (It's me, by the way. I'm the guy who's interested.) :P 

:D :D :D

 

Don

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Very nice finds!

Thanks for posting them. :) 

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It's so cool to see fossils from locations that I rarely hear about - thanks for sharing!

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Very nice finds! Looks like it might be Phacops to me (based on the eye structure and pygidium).

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1 hour ago, thebluecatapilla said:

Very nice finds! Looks like it might be Phacops to me (based on the eye structure and pygidium).

Phacops (or Eldredgeops) are Devonian in age. 
These are much older. ;) 

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Here is an excellent monograph:

 

Nielsen, A.T. 1995

Trilobite systematics, biostratigraphy and palaeoecology of the Lower Ordovician Komstad Limestone and Huk Formations, southern Scandinavia.

Fossils and Strata, 38:1-374  PDF LINK

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Really hard to tell what it is from the pics. I would guess Asaphus sp., but at the same time, it looks like there is the remnant of a glabellar furrow and genal spines in there which almost makes me thing Megitaspis sp. 

Jay A. Wollin

Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve

Hamburg, New York, USA

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30 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said:

Phacops (or Eldredgeops) are Devonian in age. 
These are much older. ;) 

 Ah yes, sorry. I forgot that the rocks were pre-Devonian :D

 

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Oh sorry, forgot to mention what kind of species they are. I'm pretty sure most of the the trolobites I found are Asaphus sp. They are common in the area of slemmestad. @DevonianDigger impressive that you knew that!

 

I wrote that the fossils are probably around 420 mill years old. They are more likely around 445 million years old, because the formation is from ordovician. 

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1 minute ago, DevonianDigger said:

See, if @piranha wanted to, he could probably tell you what species they are, their birthdays, and their favorite colors.

hahaha

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On 8.4.2019 at 2:52 PM, CH Fossils said:

I found around 10 trilobites or parts of them.

Hi, nice finds! The norwegian bugs look very beautifull with their black armour, when prepped right. This is sometimes very difficult, because sediment is very touchy to the shells, and a lot of them have terrace lines.

 

If you find connected pleura, you should immediately stopp hammering and pack carefully all stones (even fine splinters) possibly connected to the bug.

 

Good luck for the next time!

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Wow, they’re beautiful!

Each dot is 50,000,000 years:

Hadean............Archean..............................Proterozoic.......................................Phanerozoic...........

                                                                                                                    Paleo......Meso....Ceno..

                                                                                                           Ꞓ.OSD.C.P.Tr.J.K..Pg.NgQ< You are here

Doesn't time just fly by?

 

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Congratulations on those great trilobites you found and thanks for sharing them with us.

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