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Hi again, it has been a long time since my last post. I think I have found another trilobite Pygidium today. It is quite small so I am unsure if it is truly a fossil or just a weird rock formation. If it is, does anyone know what type of Trilobite it may have come from? I found one a few years ago and Kane said it was likely Anchiopsis anchiops. Could it be the same? Any help is greatly appreciated! I am also wondering if the rest of the Trilobite could be hiding under the matrix.
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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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Staying at Bobs lake in Ontario this week for the family’s summer trip. Unfortunately the area we’re staying at is unfossiliferous, being compromised of Precambrian granite and gneiss, however scouting out nearby Kingston and I’m hopeful at my prospects. I have a few sites I’ve scouted out and plan to hit in the following days, but I’d like to ask more about the laws/do’s and don’ts before I start any digging. I’ve read a few articles online and it’s started to make me rethink digging, so any further information helps out. Thanks for reading, and I hope I can follow this up with a successful post!
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Good morning Any information pertaining to this would be appreciated. It was found along Lake Erie in Ontario, Canada. I believe it may be coral but not 100% sure. Thank you
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Found around the yard. I had thought it was some old concrete they had dug up. I hadn't really noticed the one out front till tonight, and then I noticed the pebbles? sitting on top of it and I remembered reading about them eating pebbles. What does anyone else think?
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Hey everyone, Looking for help with identifying this fossil. I found a really special rock months back. I knew it was a fossil but couldn't identify. After months of obsessing over the rock, I decided I need more detail so I placed in vinegar. It reacted really quickly with the vinegar, removing the white lines from the stone and bringing out details. I did not remove all the limestone, so there is additional detail to get out of it still. Note I put a bit of grape seed oil in order to make it shine as after the vinegar bath, it is quite matted without it. It appears it has soft tissue, what I can see as a vascular system of some sort. The details and colors are really well preserved. I can't find any fossil online like this regardless of age. I didn't these type of tissues could preserve themselves this perfectly. You can tell this animal had got bitten on its one side, and it looks like that may have had a blot clot or something from this damage. It has lines around the base and I believe that is the easiest way to help identify it. It was found in Guelph, Ontario, Canada as a rock just below the surface. The area through here is Silurian (426M years old). There are a number of soft tissues fossils preserved in this area. This area was part of barrier reef around the Michigan basin and possibly close to land at the time.
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Hi All, I'm new here and to finding fossils in general. These are all from my first trip to the Etobicoke Creek yesterday. Anyone able to help identify some of them? Also, has anyone found anything along the Grand River? I go to school in Waterloo and wondered if its a good place to find some other fossils?
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Found in the French River. Possible Crinoid?
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Hello, I’m not very good at this but I was looking for frogs with the kids and found this. I think it is a cephalopod. I found it near Lion’s Head, Ontario, Canada. It is 14-15” in length. Please let me know if this is what it is and approximate age range. Thanks, Matt
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Hello all, It's been a long time since I've been on here, but my interest in collecting Ontario trilobites has been renewed over the past few years. One of my goals has been to find a trilobite piece on a job site. I was near Port Hope last week and went to check out a fill pile on my break when I flipped over a rock and found this little guy. Since it was in a fill pile I have no idea what formation it's from, or its age, and so I'm having a hard time id'ing this specimen. I would appreciate any help. Thanks. Location: Fill pile near Port Hope, Ontario Age:Unknown Formation: Unknown Size: approx 1cm x 1cm
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Hi All, I am a recent fossil enthusiast and am excited to be a new member of this forum! I got bitten by the fossil hunting bug during a recent trip to Alberta. Yesterday, I took the kids fossil hunting around lake Ontario in the Toronto area and my 3 year old helped me find this interesting specimen. I assume its some kind of coral? Would love to know what you think it is!
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Hi everyone, new member here. We went camping at Rock Point provincial park here in Ontario and we were amazed with the amount of fossils along the beach. From what I’ve read, the fossils are from a 350 million old reef but couldn’t figure out how to identify some of the items we found. The first one looks like a conical shell, the second almost looks like a pill bug? And finally, the last is possibly the cross section of a plant? Hoping someone here can help satisfy the curiosity of a first time fossil finder! Thanks!!
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I am beginning to compile a treasure map. I am basing my information on a document that was written in 1962. Many of the roads, townships, places mentioned are different today. I have bought a book that hopefully will give me some insight. This book was written in 1982 and covers 40 years of history in the region. Even if I can find all the locations mentioned in the 1962 document, chances are they are private property. The easiest one is on a public road and so if all else fails, success is guaranteed. My second aspect of the trip will be to see the foliage in full colour. Planning to trip about September 15th. It is amazing when I get stuck in a rabbits hole, how much I learn in a very short time. I am documenting this search for reference, but it is under wraps until later. I likely will only show the products later. Also, the well publicized location, since it is already out on many sources.
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Found what I am pretty sure is a trilobite hidden in this matrix, but am completely new to fossil prepping. Any advice on how to possibly remove the matrix? Thanks!
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Hello, I'm a new member and would appreciate some help ID'ing the following imprint, found along the Credit River in Mississauga, Ontario. Thank you!
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Found this on a walk. Very porous with channels filled with tiny crystal
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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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I found these at base of escarpment in Milton Ontario near Kelso mt and rattle snake point , I'm new to the trade can any one help identify these fossils they were at base of mountain where clif top had crumbled down .
