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Hello Fossil Forum, For the last few weeks I have been reading through the volumes of knowledge on this forum, in particular as it relates to fossil preparation. I have been a long time fossil enthusiast, reading and admiring the pursuit from a distance. However, in the last few months I've gotten interested in fossil preparation and have been amazed at the wonderful, knowledgeable folks on this forum who's work is truly inspiring. My very basic tools are getting me started, but I have an eye to growing out my "prep lab" to take on more projects. Many thanks for the help along the way!! Cheers, Fossil Fen (Ryan)
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Hey everyone! I found my first fossil last weekend in a creek near the Don River in midtown Toronto. From my knowledge reading through this forum, it seems to be packed with crinoid stem fossils. I’d really appreciate a confirmation, to learn more about the age of the fossil and maybe even the species.
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Found this fossil loose on a limestone shoreline on St. Joseph Island located at the north end of Lake Huron in Ontario, Canada. I am a civil engineer and have some experience with rocks but I’m fairly new to fossils. Any help identifying would be great!
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hello everyone, I saw this on our favorite website. It is a mammal jaw dredged up off of Newfoundland, Canada. It is likely Pleistocene in age. The piece is approximately 12 cm in length. It is clearly an herbivore, but doesn't look like bison, horse, camel, tapir or deer to me; however, I am still learning to ID my Pleistocene mammals. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
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Very Strange Flat & Thin Cretaceous Fossil. Please Help ID
Backcountryhiker posted a topic in Fossil ID
During one of my hikes exploring the badlands in Central Alberta Canada (Scollard formation) near the Red Deer river I found this strange flat & thin piece of what appears to be fossilized bone. As you can see from the pictures it fans outward and it's quite thin, to me it almost looks similar to a aquatic flipper although I obviously am not sure at all what this could be. My instinct wants to say turtle piece possibly? Any help to ID this cool fossil would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance!
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Fossilized bone found with what looks to be predation marks. Help Id please. Thanks
Backcountryhiker posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hello everyone, while I was getting some exercise exploring the badlands here in central Alberta (Red Deer river valley Scollard formation I believe) I found a piece of fossilized bone that must have been recently exposed due to spring thaw. I am no guru however it appears to have some predation marks on it (third picture left side) & to me looks like it could be a leg bone? I'm looking for some help confirm these are in fact predation marks & also to ID the bone itself if possible. I know its difficult due to it being just a small fragment but any help or additional info would be greatly appreciated. The fossil measures approximately 9cm in length by 4.5cm at the fat end & roughly 3cm at the thin end. Hope that helps. Thank you in advance for the help!
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I have been collecting fossils for many years, but this fossil is without a doubt the strangest and most mysterious of the fossils I’ve ever found- I would really appreciate your help in helping solve this mystery of what it is and how old it is! It was found on the rocky shores of Lake Huron in Southampton, Ontario. I initially was interested in it because it looked like a boot and I thought it was a native carving, but realized it must be a fossil of something I’ve never seen before. It’s very interesting to me because it almost seems to be coiled like a spine of an animal, but could also be strange coral- I have no idea. Very curious to hear what you think. Thank you for your help, Christian
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Hi guys! Please assist to identify if this is a Jellyfish strobila fossil . I was expecting it to be a plant, but the shape of the disks is so different. N.1 N.2 N.3 N.4
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Hello again guys. Today I walked again on my places, and I payed more attention ot pre-ordovician layer.. Ordovician - as we can see it - it is full of life. But just 1-2 layers below , there is almost nothing. Except Tribrachidium . This seems to be the main finding that I have, the rest is pretty much mud and nothing else. So Tribrachidium: this look like snail , the snail without andy shell.. And it has 3 brachidiums - 3 internal structures that seems to be symetrical between each other. N.1
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Hello guys! I started to look for some fossils not long ago - an year ago. So far I was able to find all kind of fossils pretty much everywhere I go. Montreal / Canada seems to be rich in fossils. I started to read about paleonthology recently. The first fossils that I found I had no idea what is this. Now I started to make the difference and to have better understanding. Let me share a picture with you - may be you can tell me more about that: From what I read and understand - this are mostly Ordovician. But it could be also Cambrian. There are 3 star-like shells, so far I didn't have much time to look what these are.
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Here is an aggregation of rough ammolite. It rests on the vanity of the guest suite's bath in Palatial snolly Manor. The chunks were obtained from a Canadian jewelry producer, specializing in ammolite items. My hypothesis is that the ammolite layer on these pieces was judged too thin or fractured to warrant cutting as stones for jewelry. The ammolite remains backed by thick ironstone and the pieces have been heavily consolidated. Given the varied angles of their faces, they make an ever shifting display as one moves about the room.
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Mystery Fossils Found In Central Alberta Badlands. Please Help ID.
Backcountryhiker posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hello everyone, first time poster here. While enjoying a day hike through the badlands of central Alberta near the Red Deer river (North of Drumheller) my girlfriend & I came across multiple oval shaped fossils (I hope) that look quite unusual. As you can see all of them are very similar in shape & size. They all seem to have what appear to be two lobes on each side & crease down the center. The one on the far right is quite shiny & has a gloss to it almost. The sizes range from 4.5cm x 2.5cm to 5.5cm x 3.5cm. I was hoping to get some help to ID these strange looking objects as are quite odd & I'm very curious/excited to learn more about these bulbous little things. I believe where we were hiking was in the Scollard formation if that helps. Thank you in advance for your help!
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Potential cephalopod from the sub-trilobitic early Cambrian of eastern Newfoundland
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
500 million-year-old fossil is the granddaddy of all cephalopods By Laura Geggel, Live Science, March 29, 2021 Cephalopods: Older Than was thought? Press Release No. 24/2021, Heidelberg University, March 23, 2021 The open access paper is: Hildenbrand, A., Austermann, G., Fuchs, D., Bengtson, P. and Stinnesbeck, W., 2021. A potential cephalopod from the early Cambrian of eastern Newfoundland, Canada. Communications Biology, 4(1), pp.1-11. open access Yours, Paul H.-
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Hello everyone, my first post here. Am I correct in calling this a cretaceous trace fossil? Found by me probably 50yrs ago, in a local sandpit, I think, or on Lake Ontario shoreline. Looks to me like images of cobbles from Faringdon, England. (I've got an odd assortment of interesting rocks, artifacts and fossils from my childhood explorations, but only now trying to learn more about them. ) All help very much appreciated! Hope to learn a lot here. Thank you.
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Hello everyone, thanks for letting me join the site! I'm an amateur fossil hunter from Toronto who has made a few expeditions in the past months. I've found a few fossils of interest that I'd like some help identifying. Below are links to photos of the fossils in question on my iNaturalist page, along with some additional details. Thanks all in advance! The following were all found along the Don River in Toronto. 1. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/68570190 2. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/68573964 3. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/68570193 4. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/68300323 5. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/68573819 This was also found in Toronto, in a clean fill pile. A nice assortment of small invertebrates here. 6. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/19866874 This one is a real mystery. Also from Toronto, among clean fill. A bone fragment? A piece of vegetation? Coral? 7. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/68299911 These three were found today in Prince Edward County... 8. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/69519088 9. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/69532565 10. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/69519075#activity_identification_0484c99a-6655-4e0f-8a1c-2ab2cd4c0fea And finally, this Trilobite fragment was found in the vicinity of Arkona. 11. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/68299694
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Hello, I bought this leaf from the internet from someone who told be it might be from Canada. I googled is it but I could nt find a great simularity in Cananda. So I showed it a friend and he said it could be a leaf from the Green River Formation. Can anyone confirm this? Or tell me where it could come from? Thanks in advance!
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Hi All I was directed tp this forum after asking one of the online stores to help with more information. My father had some fossils that he obtained while on a trip to Banff, Canada. I believe these were found while hiking long ago and, sadly, I never paid much attention to them. One is a coral looking structure which I will post later. The coral was from a place he called Fossil Ridge. However, the one the looks the "nicest" is shown below and I do know that it is a Trilobite. Is there a specific type of Trilobite or any kind of information. As a subjective followup, is this something that can be displayed in some way?
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I was given this Eurypterid fossil a while back and I was looking to see if anyone had any ideas towards a species, i’ve got no idea where it came from other than somewhere in the New England/Canada area. Someone has told me it looks like an Adelophthalamus but id like some more opinions. Thank you
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Phylum Porifera (sponge) M. Odovician Bobcaygeon Formation Kirkfield, Ontario. Cananda 4.5 cm long This is another from an old collection as found. Wrapped with a number tag to match a hand writ-in entry. The sponges I have shows some formation. I will put it in the ultrasonic cleaner. What do you think, do the come smooth? Bob
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Hi, I found 2 large fossils on th e shores of Lake Erie Ontario and I do not have a clue what they are. Both of these fossils are approximately 24" in diameter. Can someone identify them?
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Bryozoan Mesotrypa prolifica Lindsay Formation Bowmanville, On.Canada Reference comment below date, Posted March 24, 2010
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Unknown possibly collected in the 1960's. Looks crinoid related. M. Odovician Verulam Fm. Gamebridge, ON Canada 4 cm w x 4 cm
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Found these fossils in a gravel in Toronto. Help me identify it
wintrbird89 posted a topic in Fossil ID
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Hey guys! My first scientific publication has just been released online by the journal Geological Magazine in association with Cambridge University Press (see link below). My study describes the first probable deinonychosaur tracks from Canada, which my colleagues and I found and documented at a large dinosaur tracksite (about 72.5 million years old) near the city of Grande Prairie in Alberta, Canada. Four traces occur in possible trackway association, while another isolated track that is in exactly the same direction is located nearby on the same bedding plane, suggestive of at least two individuals (although we cannot say whether any sort of pack behavior was occurring). The two most complete tracks are didactyl, meaning they preserve only two toe impressions. Based on this, the size of the tracks and their occurrence within dinosaur-bearing strata of Late Cretaceous age, we conclude the tracks most likely pertain to a small deinonychosaur of some kind as these dinosaurs walked primarily on digits III and IV, with the second toe (digit II) being raised off the ground and bearing the enlarged "killing claw". Based on the relative shortness of digit IV compared to digit III in our new tracks, we also suggest the trackmakers were more likely to be troodontids rather than dromaeosaurids, as troodontids generally possessed a digit IV that was somewhat shorter than that of a typical dromaeosaurid. Within the rocks where these tracks were found (in Unit 4 of the Wapiti Formation), teeth of troodontids are fairly common at some sites, so although the discovery of their tracks is certainly novel it was also not completely unexpected. The paper is paywalled, i apologize for that, which is why i have provided a short summary above. If you are studying at an educational institution though you may be able to gain access that way. Probable deinonychosaur tracks from the Upper Cretaceous Wapiti Formation (upper Campanian) of Alberta, Canada | Geological Magazine | Cambridge Core
