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A visit to Erindale area


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I visited Etobicoke Creek, and, as usual, the place was packed with fossils. Then I went to Credit River...a park near "The Riverwood Conservancy". At first I was disappointed, but in one place I found 3 little corals that had been packed into a mud path by hiker's boots. Here they are; all approximately 4 cm across.

 

 

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Those are really nice - congrats!

 

PS - Bill Hessin's book (2009) has two colonial rugose corals listed: Favistina (which is most common in the Georgian Bay Formation compared with other formations in south-central Ontario - maybe this is the one you have?) and Palaeophyllum.  This book lists the following tabulate corals: Lichenaria, Tetradium, Paleoalveolites, Foerstephyllum, and Protaraea.

 

@FossilDAWG will likely be able to help with identification :)

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All three corals belong to Favestina calcina (Nicholson, 1874).  I explained the history of the name, and the coral fauna of the Streetsville exposures, in an earlier post here.  Nice finds!

 

Don

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Nice corals. I like corals. Thanks for the photos.

 

 

Mark.

 

Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them!

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6 hours ago, Mark Kmiecik said:

Nice corals. I like corals. Thanks for the photos.

My pleasure. I hope to find more.

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9 hours ago, FossilDAWG said:

All three corals belong to Favestina calcina (Nicholson, 1874).  I explained the history of the name, and the coral fauna of the Streetsville exposures, in an earlier post here.  Nice finds!

 

Don

That is a very useful post; thank you. Your narrative was most intriguing.

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12 hours ago, Monica said:

Those are really nice - congrats!

 

PS - Bill Hessin's book (2009) has two colonial rugose corals listed: Favistina (which is most common in the Georgian Bay Formation compared with other formations in south-central Ontario - maybe this is the one you have?) and Palaeophyllum.  This book lists the following tabulate corals: Lichenaria, Tetradium, Paleoalveolites, Foerstephyllum, and Protaraea.

 

@FossilDAWG will likely be able to help with identification :)

Thanks M.

I'll be eager to consult Hessin's book shortly, but it will be less entertaining than 'Dawg's analysis.

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