BOBCAT Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 I was fossil hunting along one of Scarborough's many rivers and found this odd piece of coral and was wondering if its a true fossil or someone tossing a fish tank. The odd thing it was under alot of heavy stones. I am stumped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paleoworld-101 Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 Is it heavy like a rock or light? "In Africa, one can't help becoming caught up in the spine-chilling excitement of the hunt. Perhaps, it has something to do with a memory of a time gone by, when we were the prey, and our nights were filled with darkness..." -Eternal Enemies: Lions And Hyenas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBCAT Posted July 4, 2013 Author Share Posted July 4, 2013 heavy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batty Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 Pleistocene coral? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 Looks like a bryozoan branch colony to me. Could also be paleozoic. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bethk Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 Definitely not "pleistocene coral", as during the pleistocene Southern Ontario was locked up under 2 km of ice (and had long since ceased to be tropical even before the ice age). It's a bryozoan from the paleozoic - probably Ordovician or Silurian in age (the rocks in the Toronto area are Ordovician - about 450 million years old). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bethk Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 ...and it's a very nice find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBCAT Posted July 4, 2013 Author Share Posted July 4, 2013 ...and it's a very nice find! thank you, it kind of startled me when i found such a large intact piece almost too perfect especially where I found it all by itself I tried to find others like it and thought this was a one off find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 Just put ordovician bryozoans into google and you'll see some typical samples which are quite similar to your find. 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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