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US West, Nevada
Caliente NV
Oak Springs Summit trilobite beds
Fossil site Source-confirmed findsLegal to collect
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
FossilsAlso reported: brachiopods in maroon shale.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: Cambrian Pioche Shale on BLM land, a signed public trilobite site with six documented trilobite genera
BLM maintains the site page, parking and interpretive sign; Fossil Forum reports show consistent Olenellus finds
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
High desert sunNo water or restrooms, sharp shale splinters
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