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Hey all. I'm not too familiar with fossils outside of nautiloids and corals which are really common here in Ontario. This is the first time I've ever found something different. Anyone know what it could be? It was found in a dried creek runoff near a shale cliff in the Toronto area. The rock was pretty different from others nearby if that matters, it was powdery and soft compared to the brittle shale all around. I think I might see some early-mid paleozoic fossils on the other side of the rock, though they are very weathered so it's hard to tell. About 10cm from left to right, canadian quarter for scale. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!
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There are several fossils (or what I assume to be fossils) behind my home, on wall of rock along the shoreline. Not sure if they're anything or nothing. My daughter and I have been looking at them for years. These are just a few random photos. New Foundland, Bay of Islands, Canada. Apologies if I didn't go about this in the correct manner, and feel free to tell me so. Rj
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I am fortunate enough to have such a huge amount of Middle Devonian Givetian material that I thought it best to put the older Middle Devonian stage, the Eifelian, in its own thread. There are some spectacular fossils here as well though! I thought a good place to start would be in the Formosa Reef, which I believe is quite early Eifelian. This tabulate coral and stromatoporoid reef continues similar complexes found from the Middle Silurian, see my: https://www.thefossilforum.com/topic/84678-adams-silurian/page/3/ thread from page three onwards for details. All these Formosa Reef specimens come from a delightful gift from my good friend @Monica who is a tad busy with life at the moment but is fine and still thinking of the forum. This outcrop can be found on Route 12 near Formosa/Amherstburg, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada. This beautiful-looking specimen came to me with only a third of it revealed but I managed to get it this far after nine days of painful pin prepping. Monica found another one and posted it for ID here: https://www.thefossilforum.com/topic/105528-weird-circular-imprints-formosa-reef-lower-devonian/#comment-1172285 The specimen was identified by another Canny Canadian @Kane to be the little stromatoporoid sponge Syringostroma cylindricum. Hardly a reef-builder, but gorgeous nonetheless. It does have a little thickness to it, but not much. Beautiful! Pretty thin, actually. I love this Monica, thank you!
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A nice Dictyonema flabelliforme dendroid graptolite from Oslo Fields in Norway. It's Tremadoc, Lower Ordovician in age and is thus maybe around 480 mya. Another angle :
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A short post today, just wanted to upload this interesting Rhizocorallium (?) I found on my most recent fossil hunting trip! It’s still the dead of winter here in Saskatoon, but we had a warm snap recently and I was able to hike out to a local glacial silt exposure and found it. Hoping to return to this site soon and hopefully find more!
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What happened to the website of William Hessin's "Fossils of South Central Ontario"
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Hi everyone, does anyone know what happened to William Hessin's publication "south central ontario fossils" or the website where one can purchase his publication either by book or cd? I wish to obtain a digital copy of his book and if anyone can provide me with a way to contact this guy that would be great. -
Hello - My name is Richard. I go by sunmadmurf. I come from a family of collectors. My father gave me the bug and I have collected (online) and from dealers foe 30 years myself. Here in Canada we can not go digging for fossils ourselves . In my province Alberta any fossil you find has to be submitted to the Royal Tyrel Museum. They will take it or decide if you can be the curator of the fossil. Recently I inherited our family collection, and there are many pieces that I have no idea what they are or where they are from. I hope to catalogue my collection. Personally I do not know a lot and the next generation knows even less. In advance I would like to expess my thanks for any help recieved on this forum. Thank You, Sunmadmurf
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Hello from Southern Ontario. Fossil newbie. Multiple fossils are being uncovered when fencing an old hay field. Thank you in advance.
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Hello. I am new to this forum . I have recently inherited a large fossil collection. My father collected them from around the world mostly in the 70's and 80's. Unfortunately ' I can not provide any information regarding origin. Recently I had a heart attack and am cataloging everything for my wife. I was thrilled to find this forum. Any help to Identify this suspected fossil would be appreciated. My online efforts have been a failure so an educated opinion would be great. Thank you, Sunmadmurf
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Rhadinichthys sp. Lower Carboniferous Albert Shale Formation Hillsborough New Brunswick Canada Length 10cm-
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New here, love fossils. My collection in attached images. Coral and others I can not identify. Beautiful pieces.
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Whiteia sp. Early Carboniferous Wapity Lake British Columbia Canada-
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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. All fins bordered by fringing fulcra; fin rays distally segmented. Caudal fin hemiheterocercal, weakly cleft, and probably equilobate. Scales rhomboidal, deeper than wide in anterior flank region; posterior border of all scales pectinate.“ Quote from Schaeffer and Mangus, 1976, p. 548: “Albertonia cupidinia . . . is a deeply fusiform fish: the maximum body depth is about one-third of the overall length. The impressively elongated pectoral fins, composed of approximately 21 rays, are equal to about one-half of the total body length. The pelvic fins, which are very much smaller and include nine or 10 rays, are situated at the deepest part of the ventral contour. The dorsal fin, composed of about 17 rays, arises in front of the anal, which has approximately 18 rays. The short-lobed hemiheterocercal caudal fin is composed of about 30 principal rays and is externally homocercal. The scales are rhombic with serrated posterior borders. There are about 40 scale rows between the cleithrum and the origin of the hypochordal lobe of the caudal fin." Identified by Dr. N. Micklich (Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt - HLMD). Sketch of Albertonia from Anderson and Woods, 2013, p. 325. References: Lambe, L. M. (1916): Ganoid fishes from near Banff, Alberta. Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, Series 3 10:35-44. Schaffer, B. and Mangus, M. (1976): An Early Triassic fish assemblage from British Columbia. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 156(5): 515-564. Anderson, K. and Woods, A. D. (2013): Taphonomy of Early Triassic fish fossils of the Vega-Phroso Siltstone Member of the Sulphur Mountain Formation near Wapiti Lake, British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Palaeogeography 2(4):321-343.
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Weird ancient tree from before dinosaurs found in New Brunswick, Canada, quarry
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Rare 3D fossils show that some early trees had forms unlike any you've ever seen Cell Press, February 2, 2024, ScienceDaily Weird ancient tree from before dinosaurs found in Canadian quarry Before age of dinosaurs, plants experimented with bizarre forms, discovery shows Emily Chung · CBC News · Posted: Feb 02, 2024 The open access paper is; Robert A. Gastaldo, Patricia G. Gensel, Ian J. Glasspool, Steven J. Hinds, Olivia A. King, Duncan McLean, Adrian F. Park, Matthew R. Stimson, Timothy Stonesifer. Enigmatic fossil plants with three-dimensional, arborescent-growth architecture from the earliest Carboniferous of New Brunswick, Canada. Current Biology, 2024; DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.01.011 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.01.011 Yours, Paul H.-
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Distinctive Permian Brachiopod from Arctic Canada
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This nice Permian Brachiopod has a very large apsacline ventral interarea and is called Arctitreta triangularis. It is from the Assistance Formation in the Artinskian of Devon Island in Canada. It is related to Schuchertella and the more common Streptorhynchus. Does anyone else have any interesting Brachiopods from the Permian?- 6 replies
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This was found in southern Alberta Canada. It is approx.4 inches x 3 inches. I can't find anything like it, except the bottom side. PXL_20240107_175613220.mp4
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Photosynthesis Evolved as Early as 1.75 Billion Years Ago, Microfossils Suggest
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1.75-Billion-Year-Old Fossils Are Oldest Record of Oxygenic Photosynthesis The preserved structures show a process that gave rise to life as we know it. By Isaac Schultz, GIZMODO, January 3, 2023 Photosynthesis Evolved as Early as 1.75 Billion Years Ago, Microfossils Suggest Jan 3, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro. SciNews The paywalled paper is; Demoulin, C.F., Lara, Y.J., Lambion, A. et al. Oldest thylakoids in fossil cells directly evidence oxygenic photosynthesis. Nature (2024). Yours, Paul H.-
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BC Paleontology Educational Booth at the Cranbrook Rock & Lapidary Club Mineral, Fossil & Gem Show
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I was invited to set up an educational booth at the Cranbrook Rock & Lapidary Club's Mineral, Fossil & Gem Show in October. It was a huge hit with the local collectors and members of the public. I was able to chat with a diversity of people ranging from families to fanatics and even some familiar faces from social media swung by to say hi. I am excited for the next event and will definitely be spending more time in Cranbrook. Such a welcoming community of fossil hunters and great number of Cambrian sites. Here are some photos of my table display. I wanted to spice things up and add fossils from around the world for this event as well as feature some of my current work.- 8 replies
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I read some information somewhere suggesting that bryozoan species can be distinguished by the shape of their pores. Is it possible to identify the following bryozoan from this cross-sectional image? Additionally, could you provide insights into the criteria used for identifying bryozoan species? I have encountered limited online documentation on this topic and would appreciate any advice you can offer.
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Hi Fossil Forum, Someone gave me these ammonite fossils that they claim were found in southern Ontario Canada in the early 1900’s. I looked around and the only ammonite fossils from Ontario I saw were small pyritized ones. They look real to me, as you can see structures (of aragonite?) that fakes don't normally have, but none of my other ammonites I own have this ridge down the middle that makes it look like it came out of a mold. Most seem to be of one species that's ridged but one is also smooth with no central ridge. Let me know what you guys think, genus wise, and if you think they are from Ontario. Thanks, Alicia
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Ordered these from Canada the other day. I bought a pair of flexis, an isotelus roller, and an isotelus in matrix ... got them this afternoon. Pretty happy with them.
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