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    JUAN EMMANUEL

    By JUAN EMMANUEL

    Taxonomy

    Conularia

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Cnidaria
    Class: Scyphozoa
    Order: Conulariida
    Family: Conulariidae
    Genus: Conularia
    Species: Conularia formosa
    Author Citation Miller and Dyer, 1878

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Paleozoic
    Period: Ordovician
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Late

    Stratigraphy

    Georgian Bay Formation
    Lower Member

    Provenance

    Collector: JUAN EMMANUEL
    Date Collected: 08/22/2015
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Dimensions

    Length: Conularia 6.4 cm long, matrix of the specimen 14 cm

    Location

    Mimico Creek
    Etobicoke, Toronto
    Ontario
    Canada

    Comments

    Conularia formosa (Miller and Dyer, 1878). Specimen with a positive and a negative counterpart (matrix). Found while smashing a limestone layer at Mimico Creek, Toronto, Ontario. The matrix of the Conularia has the negative on it, as well as bryozoan bits.

     

    Bibliography: Ontario. Department of Mines. The Stratigraphy And Paleontology Of Toronto And Vicinity.

     

    Go to fossils Jellyfish, Conulariids, etc.

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    markjw

    That's a remarkable piece.

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