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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 radiodont Cambroraster in the middle Cambrian (Wuliuan) Mantou Formation of North China. Journal of Paleontology, 1(6), p.2. More research by Fangchen Zhao Liu, Y., Lerosey-Aubril, R., Audo, D., Zhai, D., Mai, H. and Ortega-Hernández, J., 2020. Occurrence of the eudemersal radiodont Cambroraster in the early Cambrian Chengjiang Lagerstätte and the diversity of hurdiid ecomorphotypes. Geological Magazine, pp.1-7. Open access Pates, S., Botting, J.P., McCobb, L.M. and Muir, L.A., 2020. A miniature Ordovician hurdiid from Wales demonstrates the adaptability of Radiodonta. Royal Society Open Science, 7(6), p.200459. Open access Yours, Paul H.-
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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 more often!! If you must foray out on rock trips, keep your adventures moderate! (I am a search and rescue first responder). Roweness
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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 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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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 Formation 80.5-78.2 million years ago, Alberta: Thanatotheristes deerootorum, possibly Gorgosaurus sp. Milk River Formation 84.5-83.4 million years ago, Alberta: Tyrannosaur. indet could be a species of Thanatotheristes, possibly Gorgosaurus sp. Scollard Formation 68-66 million years ago, Alberta: T. rex, possibly Nanotyrannus Formations in British Columbia: Wapiti Formation 76.8-70 million years ago, Alberta, British Columbia: Unknown Albertosaurinae either Gorgosaurus or Albertosaurus, possibly Daspletosaurus sp. Tumbler Ridge 135-74 million years ago, British Columbia: Tyrannosaur. indet Formations in Saskatchewan and Manitoba: Dinosaur Park Formation 77-75.5 million years ago, Alberta, Saskatchewan: Daspletosaurus sp., Gorgosaurus libratus Frenchmen Formation, 68-66 million years ago, Saskatchewan: T. rex, possibly Nanotyrannus Bearpaw Formation 75-72 million years ago, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba: Daspletosaurus sp. one specimen from Daspletosaurus sp. that drowned. For now these are all the Tyrannosaurs known from Canada. No Eastern Tyrannosaurs in Canada yet either but maybe someday. I will also update this and add as more information comes available.
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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)
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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-species-that-once-flew-in-b-c-identified-for-first-time The open access paper is: Archibald, S.B. and Cannings, R.A., 2019. Fossil dragonflies (Odonata: Anisoptera) from the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands, western North America. The Canadian Entomologist, pp.1-34. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/canadian-entomologist/article/fossil-dragonflies-odonata-anisoptera-from-the-early-eocene-okanagan-highlands-western-north-america/74A59170711807272E35236BA309AC9A Related paper is: Archibald, S.B., Greenwood, D.R., Smith, R.Y., Mathewes, R.W., and Basinger, J.F. 2011a. Great Canadian Lagerstätten 1. Early Eocene Lagerstätten of the Okanagan Highlands (British Columbia and Washington State). Geoscience Canada, 38:155–164. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262485004_Great_Canadian_Lagerstatten_1_Early_Eocene_Lagerstatten_of_the_Okanagan_Highlands_British_Columbia_and_Washington_State Yours, Paul H.-
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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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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://fossilhuntress.blogspot.com/2018/08/eocene-fossil-feather.html According to the above web site: " McAbee will re-open to the public at 10AM on June 21, 2019..." McAbee Fossil Beds - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McAbee_Fossil_Beds Yours, Paul H.- 5 replies
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British Columbians Vote for a Provincial Fossil - Ends Nov. 23, 2018
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
Fossil from Marble Canyon could become a provincial symbol British Columbians can vote for a provincial fossil, with a local candidate in the running, Barbara Roden, Nov. 7, 2018. https://www.ashcroftcachecreekjournal.com/news/fossil-from-marble-canyon-could-become-a-provincial-symbol/ Designating a British Columbia Provincial Fossil https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/natural-resource-use/land-use/fossil-management/designating-a-provincial-fossil https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/farming-natural-resources-and-industry/natural-resource-use/land-water-use/crown-land/fossil-management/fossil_candidate_map-web.pdf British Columbia Provincial Fossil Candidates (August 2018) https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/farming-natural-resources-and-industry/natural-resource-use/land-water-use/crown-land/fossil-management/fossil_candidate_table-web.pdf Yours, Paul H.- 1 reply
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Hi there, Posting here after hours and hours of research and not being able to find any answers. In around 1974, my mother was walking up a small river on or near the border between southern Alberta and southern BC, Canada, and she stumbled across what looked like a smooth, polished rock. She picked it up, and realized it was a rather large canine tooth from an animal. She thought it was a bear tooth, which I don't agree with - doesn't seem to be the right shape. She brought it to a jeweller and had it capped with silver and made into a pendant. The jeweller said it was the hardest thing he'd ever drilled into and broke several bits trying... The curvature and strange twist of the tooth have thrown me off in my search, but I have a suspicion that its potentially from a large Mountain Lion, or possibly a large Wolf. Any help here would be greatly appreciated! Attached are photos. Thank you!
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The families of one of our late members John Leahy and his friend Dave Langevin have donated their large collection to the Royal BC Museum: https://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/royal-b-c-museum-scores-fossil-gift-for-the-ages-1.23411022
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Not sure what I've come across. Not even sure what this type of mushroom is called. These were stored away in my parents basement. The box is labelled British Columbia... Is there any way to tell if these are just dried or actual fossils?
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Fossil hunter with a taste for trilobites is foraging in the Rockies. University of Calgary paleontologist uses his tongue as a guide to finding specimens CBC News Jul y31, 2017 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/fossil-trilobite-rockies-banff-yoho-stanley-glacier-1.4229117 Yours, Paul H.
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My absolute favorite trilobite.
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Chiropractor discovers BC's first dino skull. Looks like a Tyrannosaurid. Pretty good find while on holiday http://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.4158748
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Hello! I work as an archaeologist, but will be returning to school to pursue a PhD on Mammoths from British Columbia. It is a treat to see all the mammoth images members have posted Laura
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Ancient arthropod with can opener-like pincers discovered in Burgess Shale
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Ancient arthropod with gnarly claws discovered in Burgess Shale Calgary Sun - April 26, 2017 http://www.calgarysun.com/2017/04/26/ancient-anthropod-with-gnarly-claws-discovered-in-burgess-shale Paleontologists identify new 507-million-year-old sea creature with can opener-like pincers, University of Toronto, April 26, 2017 https://www.utoronto.ca/news/ouch-u-t-paleontologists-identify-508-million-year-old-sea-creature-can-opener-pincers https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170426131024.htm This 508-million-year-old sea predator had a remarkable mouth Washington Post - April 26, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/04/26/this-508-million-year-old-sea-predator-had-a-remarkable-mouth/?utm_term=.770085e2838c The paper is: Aria, C., and J.-B. Caron, 2017, Burgess Shale fossils illustrate the origin of the mandibulate body plan. Nature (2017) doi:10.1038/nature22080 https://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature22080.html Yours, Paul H. -
Oesia disjuncta Walcott, 1911 known as "Margaretia dorus Walcott, 1934"
oilshale posted a fossil in Other Invertebrates
Originally interpreted as a green algae with a relationship to the modern green alga Caulerpa, Margaretia dorus is now considered to be the feeding tube of the hemichordate Oesia. The position of Oesia is uncertain. Originally described as an annelid worm by Walcott (1911), a recent reinterpretation as a chaetognath (Szaniawski, 2005, 2009) has been vigorously rejected, and a position closer to the hemichordates proposed instead (Conway Morris, 2009). Margaretia dorus would now be a junior synonym of Oesia disjuncta Walcott, 1911 References: Simon Conway Morris and R. A. Robison (1988): MORE SOFT-BODIED ANIMALS AND ALGAE FROM THE MIDDLE CAMBRIAN OF UTAH AND BRITISH COLUMBIA. University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, Paper 122. CARON, J.-B. AND D. A. JACKSON (2008). Paleoecology of the Greater Phyllopod Bed community, Burgess Shale. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 258: 222-256. WALCOTT, C. D. (1931). Addenda to descriptions of Burgess Shale fossils. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 85: 1-46. K. Nanglu, S. Conway Morris, J-B Caron and C. Cameron (2016). Cambrian suspension-feeding tubicolous hemichordates. BMC Biology 2016 14:56 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-016-0271-4.-
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Looking For Help Identifying A Herbivore Tooth Found In West Kootenay Area Of British Columbia
ArrestedBeauty posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hello All, I am not only new to this group, but I am new to fossil/rock hunting . I live somewhere , where there was much ice age melt glacial activity and I have hundreds of fossils. at the risk of sounding insane, I found this one in my pocket when I woke up one morning . Have others similar to it, but no idea how I came to be in possession of this one in particular. Any help is appreciated... I have other angles of the same, but I am unsure of how to shrink the file size of the photo. Thank you
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From the album: More Fossils
Stunning example of the asaphid trilobite Orygmaspis sp. nov. collected near Cranbrook, British Columbia by Chris Jenkins. This new species will be officially described in B.D.E Chatterton's upcoming monograph on the new Upper Cambrian localities. Specimen is rough 1.3cm long. -
New Major Burgess Shale Fossil Site Found (British Columbia)
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New fossil site found at prehistoric Burgess Shale by Colette Derworiz, Calgary Herald, September 23, 2012 http://www.calgaryhe...7797/story.html http://www.vancouver...0726/story.html Team led by Toronto paleontologist discovers site rich in fossil deposits, Toronto Star, September 24, 2012 http://www.thestar.c...fossil-deposits Burgess Shale Foundation - http://www.burgess-shale.bc.ca/ Best wishes, Paul H. -
This past week I took off from my home on wonderful Vancouver Island to visit the Southern British Columbia Interior town of Princeton. I had a lead on some great Eocene plant material in the silicious paper shales there. I was planning on visiting McAbees further north in B.C. but the government has taken over that site and is changing it's context. This was fortuitous for me as amazing stuff awaited me in Princeton. It's a long haul through the lower mainland of Vancouver and I finally made it to Princeton late in the day. The motel I chose was a $65 special and came straight from the 1960's. Excellent swimming pool! Although I was tired I decided to check out the site before I had a major dig the next day. Holy moly what an astounding site! I am a retired art professor and I love all things colourful but I did not expect the fossils to be so wild! The old name for Princeton is Vermillion and you can see why in the rock colours. I had to separate my collection into 2 groups - real fossils and pretty rocks. The kinds of fossils we have on the island are mostly Cretaceous and exist in grey coloured shales. Pretty dull matrix generally speaking. The colours ranged from purples to oranges reds and cream. Wild! The fossils are all Eocene and are mostly lake deposits. The majority of the material is plant but there are bugs there as well. I expected but did not see an fish. After my initial visit I spent many hours the next days flipping rocks and splitting slabs. Heaven.One thing that was very funny demonstrates how local knowledge can be confusing. I found material which looks just like the white blocky (bentonite?) that they mine for kitty litter at McAbees. The pale brown shale at Princeton weathers white on it's surface and looks a bit blocky too. This material at McAbees is not fossiliferous so I ignored it for a while. Then I noticed lots of fragments of cedar and some Comptonia on it. When I split a few pieces open I realized it was tan inside and chalky white outside. Then I targeted that material and came to realize that this was the true SILICIOUS paper shale. The bright coloured plates were not silicious although I am sure their silica content is high. Some of the fossils were just too weird for words and strangely some were quite dimensional. Here is one I have no idea what is. Also there was this material which I took to be trace material. Any ideas? Here are examples of the colours- wild! OK and I admit it - I have at least a million pieces of Metasequoia but when they are this colour I just can't say no. After a day of fossil hunting I retired to the most incredible bakery in the world. It's called Thomasinas and has chocolate croissants that are better than the ones I ate in France. Blasphemy I know but there you are! As the weather was surprisingly cool for the interior I decided to take a run up to Nicola Lake and see if I could find the Quilchena Eocene site. After much bad language and being chased out of a field by an angry rancher I gave up and returned to Princeton. I did not read my fossil guide very well and found out the next day I had driven past an outcrop of the Eocene White Lake formation. Fortified by more coffee and chocolate croissants I drove back up the road and dug out some nice bits of leaves. I did not do that site justice but I will come back and fossil hunt there again another day. I would like to share the location of the actual site but it is a private quarry. If I get permission I will share that with everyone! Have great fun hunting my friends, its a beautiful life and fossils just improve it! Fran Benton
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Hi folks, Years ago I found these two little rocks lying in a planter pot outside of our 100 year old ranch house. I don't know who put them there, but I decided to keep them. They are not perfectly round, and have wart-like imperfections on them that lead me to believe that they were not rounded by hand. I'm curious to know if anyone would have any clue as to what they are. They were found in the British Columbia interior in the desert mountains around Kamloops, but there's nothing saying that's their original home given where I found them. The rock itself feels fairly soft, and doesn't look to be anything special aside from the shape. Does anyone have any ideas? http://i593.photobuc...ty/IMG_0339.jpg http://i593.photobuc...ty/IMG_0334.jpg http://i593.photobuc...ty/IMG_0333.jpg http://i593.photobuc...ty/IMG_0332.jpg Thank you for any help
