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Because it's only a short ferry ride away from the mainland, I often try to make a point to go to Vancouver Island when I have some time free, both to explore its natural beauty and to hunt for fossils in its rich and varied Cretaceous deposits. Much of the eastern coast of the island adjacent to the Strait of Georgia, as well as many of the smaller islands just offshore, are underlain by the Nanaimo Group - an ancient marine basin whose age extends from about 90 to 65 million years. Many of the shorelines, creeks, and quarries of Vancouver Island, where the formation crops out, can be explore
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Blakeburn Amber (Allenby Fm., 52.5-48 Ma)
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From the album: Fossil Amber and Copal: Worldwide Localities
“Blakeburn Amber” Coalmont, British Columbia Allenby Fm. (Princeton Group) 52.5-48 Ma Weight: 0.8g Dimensions: 16x16x13mm Lighting: Longwave UV The final entry in a series of ten, detailing various rare ambers from European, Asian, and North American localities. This is a fine example of an in-situ piece of amber. The matrix is high-volatile type B bituminous coal, which contains small portions of methane; it has a bright vitreous luster due to it containing over 90% vitrinite (a “maceral© Kaegen Lau
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Blakeburn Amber (Allenby Fm., 52.5-48 Ma)
Barrelcactusaddict posted a gallery image in Members Gallery
From the album: Fossil Amber and Copal: Worldwide Localities
“Blakeburn Amber” Coalmont, British Columbia Allenby Fm. (Princeton Group) 52.5-48 Ma Weight: 0.8g Dimensions: 16x16x13mm Lighting: 140lm LED The final entry in a series of ten, detailing various rare ambers from European, Asian, and North American localities. This is a fine example of an in-situ piece o© Kaegen Lau
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Hunting for Fossil Whales in the Clifts of Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
This Cliff Face Is Packed With Fossilized Whale Remains Devon Bidal, (Hakai Magazine) Smithsonian Magazine, February 18, 2022 Yours, Paul H. -
Hello all, I recently collected this interesting permineralized fruit from the Browns River on Vancouver Island, B.C. This river exposes outcrops of the lower Trent River formation of the Nanaimo Group, which represents a relatively nearshore Campanian marine environment. The fossil itself was found in an outcrop of fairly poorly consolidated sandstone, which also contained large pieces of coalified wood debris and a poorly preserved, crushed ammonite. I'm not particularly optimistic about getting a positive ID on this, but I am interested to see what others think about it, and w
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Kitsilano Beach Vancouver ?!Fossils in Vancouver?!
BrennanThePaleoDude posted a topic in British Columbia
I wanted to start a little info dump for new collectors in Vancouver! It is usually met with quite the shock when local residents of this huge city learn that fossils lay within a few blocks of their area! This site is most likely Eocene to Oligocene in age. It contains a surprising diversity of well preserved plants but oddly no insects or vertebrate material has ever been described at the site... The site has shown records of hurricanes, forest fires, volcanic events and even a tsunami! It is interesting to note a mix of tropical plant life with more cool weathered types are found- 8 replies
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Canadian Amber (Allenby Fm., 52.5-48 Ma)
Barrelcactusaddict posted a gallery image in Members Gallery
From the album: Fossil Amber and Copal: Worldwide Localities
3.0g of amber, from the same lot in the two associated entries. This mid to late-Ypresian material comes from an old site near the abandoned mining town of Blakeburn, which site and its gangue piles are now technically owned by a coal mining company (although the existing legal claim of the individual who collected this amber is being overruled by the company). The amber is found primarily in association with Metasequoia sp. remains/imprints, however Pinus and Pseudolarix (among others) remains are also found in a lesser quantity at the site.© Kaegen Lau
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Canadian Amber (Allenby Fm., 52.5-48 Ma)
Barrelcactusaddict posted a gallery image in Members Gallery
From the album: Fossil Amber and Copal: Worldwide Localities
Closeup of material from previous entry.© Kaegen Lau
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Canadian Amber (Allenby Fm., 52.5-48 Ma)
Barrelcactusaddict posted a gallery image in Members Gallery
From the album: Fossil Amber and Copal: Worldwide Localities
Rough amber from an old site near Coalmont, British Columbia. The original site is now closed to collecting, since a mining company somehow got a court injunction and has "jumped" the owner's legal, active long-standing claim. The claim owner has informed me that he is not able to collect larger specimens (>3g fraction), as he had been able to in the past.© Kaegen Lau
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From the album: Prae's Collection (REMPC)
REMPC P0030 Fossil Leaf Eocene Black Mine Road, Allenby Formation Princeton, British Columbia, Canada -
Please ID this odd little ball of fossils from Vancouver Island, BC Canada.
Nomayne posted a topic in Fossil ID
My mom picked up this oddity of a rock at the mouth of Chemainus River, one Vancouver Island BC. The River carves away the surrounding sedimentary hills. Is this a part of bivalves or ammonites??? -
A large rock with fossils on one end, and situated at the river mouth of Chemainus River, British Columbia. Some small bivalves? Heteromorph ammonites?
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Presumably a slow swimming grazer-detritivore. Alternative combination: Elonichthys cupidineus Lambe, 1916. Taxonomy according to fossilworks.org. Diagnosis for Albertonia according to Schaeffer and Mangus, 1976, pp. 545-548: "A parasemionotid (as defined by Patterson, 1973, pp. 262, 287) specialized in having deeply fusiform body and greatly elongated pectoral fins. Small acuminate marginal teeth present on mobile maxilla and dentary. Suspensorium nearly vertical. Preopercular present; opercular and subopercular subequal. Longest pectoral fm rays about one-half length of body.
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Hi all. A real Newbie here wondering if anyone can ID this as Coprolite? It's 3" in length and weighs 100 grams (it's hard as rock). I found it amongst all the rocks on the beach on the eastern coast of the island (Georgia Straight side). Does that mean that it may have come from an ancient sea creature? Thanks for any info. Cheers!
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Hey all! Hopefully the pics are decent enough. I found this odd looking rock at my feet while out fishing in a creek in South Eastern British Columbia in the East Kootenays region. Any insight or info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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Cambroraster falcatus - The Cambrian "spaceship" from the Burgess Shale
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
Meet Cambroraster falcatus, the sediment-sifting ‘Roomba’ of the Cambrian This crustacean-like critter stalked the seas half a billion years ago. Katherine Wu, NOVA,, July 30, 2019 Moysiuk, J. and Caron, J.B., 2019. A new hurdiid from the Burgess Shale evinces the exploitation of Cambrian infaunal food sources. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 286 (1908), p.20191079. Open access Proceedings of the Royal Society B PDF Brantford Lapidary and Mineral Society PDF Sun, Z., Zeng, H. and Zhao, F., Occurrence of the hurdiid radio-
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Hi all, hope everyone is safe and healthy in these troubled times. What a great time to go over your collections and plan for the next trip. Found some info regarding fossils (Geo report) and petrified wood found near Stemwinder Park, Pickard Creek area between Princeton (fossil mecca) and Hedley B.C. Anyone know of the site? Example from someones find, undisclosed spot. We were going thru that area for work, now cancelled, so can't really justify the exploratory trip, but love to dream. . Just noticed the auctions! Must check here
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I found an odd piece of rock when my apartment has it's second floor garden soil removed. My neighbor said that it looks like petrified wood but I just want to make sure. Thanks.
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Hi I decided to make this since the new Tyrannosaur from Alberta’s Foremost Formation, Thanatotheristes deerootorum has just been named and described. Enjoy!! Tyrannosaur bearing Formations in Canada: Formations in Alberta but most of the Formations on my list are I Alberta anyway. Horseshoe Canyon Formation 74-68 million years ago, Alberta: Albertosaurus sarcophagus, possibly Daspletosaurus sp. but no compelling evidence so far. Oldman Formation 78.2-77 million years ago, Alberta: Daspletosaurus torosus, Gorgosaurus sp. Foremost
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Hi I have a question, has there been anything on the Tumbler Ridge Tyrannosaur? And have they identified it in any way yet? Thank you!!
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From the Eager Fm near Fort Steele, BC, Lower Cambrian. Which one is this? @piranha Sorry for the poor photo, I'll try again if necessary. It is no more than 2cm wide.
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Fossil dragonflies from the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands, western North America (open access paper)
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
First fossil dragonflies from B.C. identified and named Simon Fraser University, November 04, 2019 http://www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stories/2019/11/first-fossil-dragonflies-from-bc-identified-and-named.html Fifty-million-year-old dragonfly species that once flew in B.C. identified for first time. Identifying dragonflies from fossils involves mapping their distinctive wings and comparing the results to species living today. By Kevin Griffen, Vancouver Sun, November 4, 2019 https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/fifty-million-year-old-dragonfly-specie-
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McAbee Fossil Beds site, British Columbia, to reopen to the public on June 21, 2019.
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
McAbee Fossil Beds site ready to reopen to the public Site was taken over by the Province and closed to the public in July 2012, Barbara, Roden, The Ashcroft-Cache creek Journal. June 11, 2019 https://www.ashcroftcachecreekjournal.com/news/mcabee-fossil-beds-site-ready-to-reopen-to-the-public/ https://www.ashcroftcachecreekjournal.com/our-town/group-is-working-to-reopen-mcabee-fossil-beds-site/ "Fossil Feather" - actually about McAbee Fossil Site to re-open to the public at the end of June 2019, ARCHEA, Musing in Natural history https://fossilhu- 5 replies
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I'm very new to fossil collecting and would like to check if these rocks are fossils. My apartment was built in the 80s and is currently undergoing massive construction due to the rapidly deteriorating structure of the building. I was given permission by strata to collect a few rocks from the discard pile and I came up with these. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1l7M5NQVfFNXUXIxwqfopnE_wnq1kCiijePd5yEZRyRI/edit?usp=sharing
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Hello guys! So at this new school my new friend Brad heard about my fossil hunting trips in Florida, and he wanted to have a go. This Christmas he will be going to British Columbia to visit his relatives. I want to ask, are there any fossil hunting sites in British Columbia and is taking them away legal? Thanks. Ho Lam PS. He will be staying very close to the American border, near the coast. He told me his parents drove him to Seattle. So I imagine he won't be far from the US, and might want to know some sites there as well.
