Oak Springs Trilobite Dig Site

Location Name: The Oak Springs Trilobite Dig Site
Materials: Trilobite Fossils:
Olenellus fowleir
Olenellus terminatus
Olenellus chiefensis
olenellus gilberti
Bolbolenllus brevispinus
Nephrolenellus geniculatus
GPS: 37.61615, -114.71182
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Tools: The collection of fossil bearing shale requires a lot of tools. Rock hammer, pry bars, chisels, hand sledge, bucket…etc. a full list of what we brought to this site is in the video below.
Vehicle: Any
Date Visited: November 2024
Additional comments: Although our visit here wasn’t very successful, I did come away from it feeling very determined to return and find at least one perfect specimen.

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The signs
Searching for a good place to dig
Laika is only intrested in the small lizards
Evening digging
Negative relief of a trilobite.
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Trilobite, not sure which one.
Negative relief of a trilobite.
Fossil hash?
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This is what we brought back from our visit.
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