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Quick Stops throughout Canada-NY, Focusing on Toronto
Isotelus2883 posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
This week, I had an opportunity to make some very quick (>30 min) stops along the way to a conference in Toronto, and on the way back. 1. The first stop was in Montreal, pretty close to the hotel. It was an exposure of the Tétreauville Formation. A 20 minute stop, coupled with the fact that even fragments of shale had to be pried out of the frozen ground, and that the shale was mostly empty, made this not the most productive stop. I did manage, however, to find some trilobite fragments. Starting with some small shell-less Sowerbyella sp. And of course trilobite bits, negatives, of course because my luck is just like that. Flexicalymene senaria Cheiruridae indet. -
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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I have had multiple trips this summer to my favourite localities in Hamilton, Ontario and Toronto. I dont think the winter of this season was severe to render a great deal of erosion since I couldnt pick out a lot of material surface wise. My first trip is at the Niagara Escarpment of Hamilton in which I visit many formations of the Cataract and Clinton Groups. Always keep an eye out on your overhead! These rocks of the Whirlpool sandstone (Cataract Group) on top of the Queenston formation can drop on any unsuspecting person! Below are some partial pentamerid brachiopods Pentameroides subrectus of the Reynales formation at Hamilton, Ontario. They look like pecans. My next summer trips were at the Humber River area in Toronto. I visited my favourite spots to check out what I can surface collect, since I was carrying light materials with me on those days without a hammer and chisel. Both the formations exposed at the Humber River and Mimico Creek belong to the late Ordovician Georgian Bay formation. And recently this Saturday I was at Mimico Creek in Toronto revisiting my old hunting grounds. I came across a nice Treptoceras crebiseptum slab, which I chiseled out of the shale with my hammer- before it fractured into many pieces. I also found a nice trace fossil which had a Cruziana sp. on it, but it had some oil grease on it for some reason. Usually, if the winter was severely cold, a portion of an exposure like this would be falling down to the bottom, revealing surface-collecting fossils. An interesting trace fossil i found but chose not to keep. In situ of the Treptoceras plate I chose to extract. Below is the nice trace fossil i decided to keep. Im a very picky person when collecting and I only the best specimens I can find. Another entirely separate exposure at Mimico Creek that I visited on the same day.
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I went to the Royal Ontario Museum for a class history trip last month. I haven’t been there for years and there’s a bunch of new things I didn’t get to see last time. Here’s some photos from the trip. Enjoy
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From the album: Urban Fossils of Toronto (Georgian Bay Formation, Lower Member)
Conularia formosa (Miller and Dyer, 1878). Georgian Bay formation, Lower Member, Late Ordovician. Found along the Humber River of Toronto. This specimen was found when I was smashing some of the limestone of a bedding and this popped out. This is the only Conularia formosa I have ever found along the Humber River.© JUAN EMMANUEL
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From the album: Urban Fossils of Toronto (Georgian Bay Formation, Lower Member)
Modiolopsis ovata (Conrad, 1842). Georgian Bay formation, Humber member, Late Ordovician. Collected from the Humber River area of Toronto, Ontario. The body had been calcite replaced and was found in the shale. There are also flecks of pyrite which are the gold coloured marks on the right side.- 1 comment
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Hey everyone, I found this fossil along the Don River yesterday. I believe there's a crinoid stem and coral fossil in limestone from Georgian Bay Formation. Is this right? Please let me know Thanks so much!
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Found this lovely pair of bivalves in Mimico Creek over the weekend and hoping to get some help on ID. It looks like either Colpomya or Cymatonota, based on images I've seen. Any ideas in this? Camille
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Is this a kind of favosite? (Georgian Bay Formation, Ontario)
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Maybe I'm imagining patterns. Coral? Geological process? Found along Lake Ontario, among other whitish rocks from elsewhere, most very fossiliferous, arranged along the shore.
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From the album: Camille's fossils - Georgian Bay Formation
Field collection by Camille Martin, April 4, 2022 The fossil offers a bit of an interior view of the cephalopod.© Camille Martin
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Two sets of orthoconic cephalopods (Upper Ordovician)
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Field collection by Camille Martin, April 4, 2022 Note the nummuloid siphuncle in the bottom image -- two "buttons" are visible (circled). A good candidate would be Treptoceras crebriseptum.© Camille Martin
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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
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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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Detail of assemblage - small bivalves & brachiopods
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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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Detail of assemblage - small bivalves & brachiopods
Rogue Embryo posted a gallery image in Member Collections
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
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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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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
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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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ID help on two fossiliferous rocks, please? Georgian Bay Formation / Mimico Creek, Toronto (Upper Ordovician)
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Upper Ordovician brachiopiod - Strophomena sp. (?)
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Field collection by Camille Martin, September 25, 2021© Camille Martin
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