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Hi everyone, We recently stumbled across this interesting specimen while combing through some rocks of the Verulam Formation (Upper Ordovician), just north of Manitoulin Island in Ontario. We initially thought trilobite, however we are now unsure, as there are over 30 segments of the thorax and they appear to be curved up towards the cephalon as opposed to down towards the pygidium. Any help is appreciated!
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From the album: Other Fauna
17mm. Class Edrioasteroidea. A gift from Secret Santas Monica and Viola. Verulam Formation Simcoe Group Katian Late Ordovician James Dick Quarry, Gamebridge, Ontario, Canada-
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From the album: Echinoderm Collection
Belochthus orthokolus (Bell, 1976). Found in the Verulam formation, Gamebridge, Ontario, Canada. Middle Ordovician. Obtained online as a purchase. The edrio is about 1.8 cm long.- 1 comment
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I was able to fit in some prospecting for new sites while the missus had a week off from work. Obviously I couldn’t monopolize all the vacation as the main purpose was to visit a relative and lounge on a beach. Regularly accessible and productive Ordovician sites in Ontario are few and far between, mostly relegated these days to the biannual trip to the quarry in Bowmanville, or to the creeks around the greater Toronto area (GTA). Trilobite collecting in Ontario is massively curtailed by a confluence of factors sadly common in so many other areas: development, quarries that no longer permit access (even to clubs), laws governing protected areas, and over-collecting. We have a rich abundance of trilobites in Ontario, just as in New York, but accessible sites remain a problem. This means defaulting to the traditional method of prospecting new potential areas, and even putting a hard shoulder into shovelling a lot of soil to expose bedrock. This means smaller areas that are more easily exhausted. A pic of our haul from the two spots:
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From the album: Trace Fossils
18x17x4cm. Feeding burrow (Agrichnia) Verulam Formation Katian Late Ordovician Site: JD Quarry, Gamebridge, On. Canada-
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From the album: Northern's inverts
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From the album: Northern's inverts
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From the album: Northern's inverts
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Made the trip over the weekend. Will post more when I get home. I will start out with this find. Large edrioasteroid species sophusella incondita found at JD Quarry in Ontario Canada Sunday morning. 9/24/17. Ordovician.
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From the album: Trilobites
Taxonomy: Flexicalymene senaria Age: M. Ordovician Location: Brechin, ON (Verulam Fm). Source: Self-collected Remarks: Prone specimen crushed in the centre. Large pregalebllar lip similar in this specimen as F. croneisi, but lacking the pustules of the latter.-
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From the album: Gastropods and Bivalves Worldwide
2cm. From the Verulam Formation, Ordivician at JD quarry in Gambidge, Ontario.-
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