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Hi there, new to this site. Everyday me and my baby go for a morning stroll in the gulf of the etobicoke creek and I marvel at the shale sediment layers on the west cliff in between Eglington & Burhamthorpe. Being a curious scientist I tried googling it but came up short. The only thing I could written about it's formation was on this site and I've been Googling a lot of Latin words, seeing as how I'm new to the fossil world. Can anybody help answer this question? I'm amazed that the creek isn't a protected site if the shale is indeed over 460 million years old and has fossils!! Mind blown
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From the album: Camille's fossils - Georgian Bay Formation
Field collection by Camille Martin, April 4, 2022 Note the honeycomb pattern in the close-up.© Camille Martin
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Wondering whether this is a bryozoan colony or a coral. In the detail, I noticed a honeycomb pattern, but I think both bryozoans and corals can have such a pattern. Thanks. Camille
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Detail of assemblage - small bivalves & brachiopods
Rogue Embryo posted a gallery image in Members Gallery
From the album: Camille's fossils - Georgian Bay Formation
Field collection by Camille Martin, April 4, 2022© Camille Martin
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Detail of assemblage - small bivalves & brachiopods
Rogue Embryo posted a gallery image in Members Gallery
From the album: Camille's fossils - Georgian Bay Formation
Field collection by Camille Martin, April 4, 2022© Camille Martin
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Detail of assemblage - small bivalves & brachiopods
Rogue Embryo posted a gallery image in Members Gallery
From the album: Camille's fossils - Georgian Bay Formation
Field collection by Camille Martin, April 4, 2022© Camille Martin
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Detail of assemblage - small bivalves & brachiopods
Rogue Embryo posted a gallery image in Members Gallery
From the album: Camille's fossils - Georgian Bay Formation
Field collection by Camille Martin, April 4, 2022© Camille Martin
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From the album: Camille's fossils - Georgian Bay Formation
Field collection by Camille Martin, April 4, 2022© Camille Martin
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Bryozoan colony, Georgian Bay Formation, Upper Ordovician
Rogue Embryo posted a gallery image in Members Gallery
From the album: Camille's fossils - Georgian Bay Formation
Field collection by Camille Martin, April 2, 2022© Camille Martin
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Thanks to Tim @Fossildude19 for identifying the following recent find as a bryozoan. I'm trying to narrow it down to at least genus. Taking a wild stab . . . genus Parvohallopora? I can't seem to find any image that resembles this one with any degree of certainty. Thanks. Camille
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Trip to Etobicoke Creek (Georgian Bay Formation, Upper Ordovician)
Rogue Embryo posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
My first visit to Etobicoke Creek in several years yielded a few finds, but will search other spots along the creek in the coming weeks. Some cephalopod fragments: A "misshapen" cephalopod? An outline on a perfectly flat rock: Not sure what these are; not much detail: Two of the better Pholadomorpha pholadiformis specimens: Camille- 2 replies
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Plications on fold: 4 Plications on sulcus: 3 Plications on flanks: 8 Hinge line = 30 mm Width = 33 mm
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New hunting location at Etobicoke Creek (Georgian Bay Formation)!
Monica posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Hi everyone! The last few times I went out fossil hunting, I tried to find new exposures along Mimico Creek in Toronto. All of these trips were unsuccessful, so I thought I'd try to find a new site along Etobicoke Creek instead. Today I checked out a new location and fossils were found - hooray!!! Here are some photos of what I found: (note that all of these fossils are from the Upper Ordovician Georgian Bay Formation) First, the trilobite pieces (@piranha - please let me know if I've identified them correctly - thank you! ): Isotelus maximus: cepha- 41 replies
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Hi everyone! I found this piece yesterday at my new spot along Etobicoke Creek here in Mississauga, Ontario (Georgian Bay Formation, Upper Ordovician). It's a bryozoan of some sort with some crinoid stems on it, along with an imprint that I think is either a Cruziana ichnofossil or a weathered crinoid stem imprint - what do you all think? I've boxed the imprint in red. Thanks in advance! Monica Views of the imprint: View of the other side of the rock/bryozoan: Close-up of the bryozoan:
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An unknown item from Etobicoke Creek (Upper Ordovician) and a shiny item
Monica posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hello once again! Upon closer examination of some items I recently collected from Etobicoke Creek in Mississauga, Ontario (Georgian Bay Formation, Upper Ordovician), I have found a couple of items I'd like your thoughts on. Item #1: Found on the same rock as a monoplacophoran (Cyrtolites ornatus), the unknown item is tucked underneath some matrix: View of the whole rock: Close-ups of the unknown item: Continued...- 2 replies
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Hello, I am brand-new here and like new to fossils. Inspired by thefossilforum I went to the etobicoke creek and found this Fossil, which looks like equipped with a row of teeth. under the matrix on top of the row is a black mineral. Can anybody tell me what this is please
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Is this little ~1.5 cm /half inch disk a trilobite? I've never found one before, and my wife found this today. No detail on bottom...it's all in the image. My attempts to brush off the sand have caused pieces to break off and crumble, so I'm not going to try to expose more. It was in an area full of orthocone nautiloids and byssonichia shell imprints.
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Location: Etobicoke creek, Toronto, CA Date collected: July 27th, 2019 Hello! I pulled in a whole bunch of fossils along the Etobicoke creek (a little bit further north compared to my last trip - almost same location though). LOTS of Orthoconic Nautiloids (as usual), a couple different bivalves and a few crinoid fragments. This is the nautiloid haul. The top right one doesn't look like much but there are about 5 or 6 nautiloids embedded in the matrix! I'm considering learning how to clean up the fossils so that I can show it off in all its glory!
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crinoid stem, ichnofossils, and maybe a hyolith at Etobicoke Creek?
Monica posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hi all! Yesterday afternoon I visited my local haunt (Etobicoke Creek, Georgian Bay Formation, Upper Ordovician) with the kids, and I found a few items that I'd like to show you: Item #1: long crinoid stem - any ideas as to its identity? Item #2: big piece with ichnofossils - item circled in yellow is ichnofossil "a" and item circled in orange is ichnofossil "b" Item #2a: ichnofossil "a" top view Item #2: ichnofossil "b" top view Item #2: ichnofossil "b" side view Item #3 top: two- 7 replies
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Hello again! The weather was warmer today, and since I had the kids to myself all afternoon while my husband went to see a movie with a friend, I decided to take the kids out once again. We first tried to do some collecting at Mimico Creek but were unable to because (1) the water was running too high, and (2) they've been doing some construction work around there which prevents us from getting close to our hunting spot. So the kids played at a nearby park for a while, and when I suggested that we check out Etobicoke Creek again, they were all for it (even William!). There was no
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Hi all! I decided to take the kids for a quick hunt at our local spot along Etobicoke Creek before going to see "Mary Poppins" in the afternoon - enjoy the photos (and enjoy the fact that you weren't out there with us - it was SO cold!!!). The rocks in this area are from the Georgian Bay Formation and are from the Upper Ordovician. Monica The kids spent more time breaking ice with rocks than actually fossil hunting (some of the chunks of ice were quite thick!!!): Viola did take some time away from her ice-breaking duties to check for fossi
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Hello everyone! I went to Etobicoke creek a while ago and was wondering if anyone could help further identify my finds. Down to the genus or maybe even species. Thanks!
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Hello there! Since the kids are in day camps this week, and my husband was going to see a movie with his friend this afternoon, I took advantage of the available me-time and went for a little fossil hunt at Etobicoke Creek in Mississauga, Ontario (Georgian Bay Formation, Upper Ordovician). I have some ideas about what I've found, but I'd like your opinions, too: Specimen #1: trilobite resting place (Rusophycus, probably made by a Flexicalymene) Specimen #2: I think this is the monoplacophoran Cyrtolites ornatus - it was very flaky and some pieces fell
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Hello there! Yesterday, Roger @Ludwigia dropped by for a visit, and we spent the day together checking out my local haunts with Viola. The day started with some coffee and brownies, as well as lovely German gifts from Roger: a Macrocephalites sp. ammonite for Viola (I don't have a picture of it because it's up in her room) and a Brasilia bradfordensis ammonite with a hitchhiking bivalve on the back of the matrix for me!!! See pictures below: We then piled into my car and drove to our first spot: Mimico Creek in Toronto. The fossils here are from the
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Hi all! I just got back from a little hunt with the kids along Etobicoke Creek here in Mississauga, Ontario (Georgian Bay Formation, Upper Ordovician), and I'm wondering if I perhaps found a trilobite pygidium? Here are some pictures: Front of rock (lots of little branching bryozoans and some crinoid bits): Back of rock (where the possible trilobite pygidium is located - circled in red): Close-up of possible trilobite pygidium: What do you think? And, if it is indeed a trilobite pygidium, can it be identified any f
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