sacrosshowe Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Hi! My first post to the forum (we are total fossil beginners!). My kids and I went up to the Elora Gorge area in Ontario this weekend and found some fossils we have no clue about. Any help you can give is greatly appreciated. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Hi: You might want to take a few more shots from different angles... hard to tell from the photos... the first one might be a gastropod ie snail but not sure.... more pictures would be better... the 2nd one hard to tell crinoid caylx may be? more pics would help.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Hi: You might want to take a few more shots from different angles... hard to tell from the photos... the first one might be a gastropod ie snail but not sure.... more pictures would be better... the 2nd one hard to tell crinoid caylx may be? more pics would help.... If you could add something for a size reference, it would be helpful, too. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacrosshowe Posted July 30, 2012 Author Share Posted July 30, 2012 Hi pleecan, Thanks for the reply. I have uploaded some more pics - I hope they help. I only have my cell here to take pictures with, but I hope I have hit all the major angles. S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trilobiteruss Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 They look like internal molds of pentamerid brachiopods. Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 This is just a guess... photo 1 and 2 show broken arms of weather worn crinoid caylx The other fossil ... I think is a brachiopod .... we will let others chime in. PL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabetts Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 I would say ciniod stems and molds of brachipods also, nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacrosshowe Posted July 31, 2012 Author Share Posted July 31, 2012 Thanks so much everyone for your input! My kids are delighted with their finds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squalicorax Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 They look like internal molds of pentamerid brachiopods. Russ agreed in dolomite. My Flickr Page of My Collection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/79424101@N00/sets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Ditto "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trilobiteruss Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Those are good finds both you and kids should be proud, thanks for sharing with us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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