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Hi I just found this while fossil hunting Saturday and am wondering if it could be a piece of a Trilobite? And if it’s to hard to tell is there anyway I can prep it without breaking it to reveal what it is? Thank you!

Hi, I found this yesterday in the Bois Blanc Formation, and am wondering if it could be a shrimp tail. It looks very similar! Thank you!

Hi this is my topic on fossil hunting in the Bois Blanc and Onondaga formation of southern Ontario. Not to far on the cliffs of Lake Erie by Dunnville Ontario there are lots of Outcrops of the Bois Blanc formation and Onondaga formation, there are a few Silurian outcrops in the town on the banks of the Grand River with a few fossils, but nothing like the Devonian Outcrops of Lake Erie’s cliffs. There mostly around Rock Point Provincial Park you can’t!! keep fossils here because it’s illegal to take fossils out of any provincial park. I’ve been collecting in these two formations for years, and good quality fossils are hard in the two formations. These two formations were a shallow reef in the the Devonian period, the formations are 419.2 million to 358.9 million years old. Most fossils from this area are corals, crinoids, brachiopods, cephalopods, and some Trilobites, there the more common fauna. Hope this helps with something. I will post some of my finds from these formations later.

I found this in my back yard and was wondering what it could be? I have found fossils in my backyard before from the Bois Blanc Formation but not as nearly as much as the Lake Erie Shoreline right by and around my house (around Dunnville, Ontario) where lots of fossils are found. But yesterday I found this and was stumped, due to not finding one of these at all in my area, I’m guessing it’s some sort of coral due to the dominant animal of the Formations around my area is coral. Any thoughts, Thank you in advance!

Hi I was wondering are there any Cephalopods in the Bois Blanc and Onondaga formations? Thanks! @Kane