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Hello again! Sorry for the constant posts, but I've been finding a lot of amazing stuff recently! Anyways, as the title says, this was probably one of my best hauls ever for a single day! I managed to find over a dozen different nautiloid chunks and was able to extract toooooons of super well defined and complete brachiopods from a matrix piece!! This will be another 3 part post as i have lots of pictures: Here was the full haul for the day, with ruler for reference (notches in cm). Here are some alternate angles of the nautiloids. I going to assume/believe they are mostly, if not all Treptoceras Crebriseptum, but if anyone notices any different species I'd be glad to know! some nice crinoid stem segments, a Pholadomorpha Pholadiformis and Ambonychia plate, and another decent nautiloid.
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Another decent haul over the last few days. Bunch of nautiloids and whatnot, a couple mussels. These were my favourites from the last 2 days in the river. This was a biiiiig nautiloid, and after cleaning it I realized there were two of them! wowowowo! (Sorry the picture didn't turn out quite that nice) This is probably one of my highest quality specimen so far, although it did break near the end when extracting it from the matrix.
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Wowowow I was very surprised to find all this amazing stuff today at my favourite river bank fossils spot of the Etobicoke creek. I managed to snag a whole lot of stuff today, some Orthoconic Nautiloids, Brachipods and what I believe to be the nicest tentaculite I've ever seen!!! The fossils are from the Georgian Bay Formation and they were found in the broken up "rock fields" next to the creek. This is going to be one of my longer posts, so I will have to split them up into section. The full haul, with the typical estwing 22 ounce rock pick (33 cm from bottom of the handle to the top of the hammer end for anyone who doesn't own one). First lets start with the usual: Them cone boys, aka Orthoconic Nautiloids. I believe all of the following to be Treptoceras crebriseptum.
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Today two years ago I was in Dinosaur Provincial Park! So I just wanted to share some photos from when I was there. Here is a Ceratopsian indet leg bone Here is me beside the leg bone Next is a footprint from a Hadrosaur indet from a trackway
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Hello, I recently cracked open a rock to find one the most pristine and unusually shaped fossils I've seen in a looong time. I predict it might be the edge of a bivalve shell poking out, but I wanted to know what others might have to say about this. It was found in the rock deposits of the rivers in Toronto, Canada, and is part of the Georgian bay formation. Also, only the bottom half seems to be completely crystallized and is translucent, whereas the top is relatively opaque: I am somewhat worried about totally ruining the fossil if I try to further crack into the matrix, as it is Ordovician era rock which is very hard and often results in the destruction of the specimen when trying to clean up the fossils. Sorry for not providing much to go off of . Thanks in advanced for the help! -Em
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St. Mary Formation. Southeast Alberta, Canada. I found these 2 on the sides of 2 very steep hills separated by a valley.
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From the album: Credit River Fossils from Streetsville, Ontario (Georgian Bay Formation, Upper Member)
Favistina calicina (AKA Favistella alveolata) (Nicholson, 1875). Late Ordovician, Katian. Georgian Bay Formation, Upper Member. Credit River, Streetsville, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Found as a loose specimen on an exposure along the Credit River. Set on fossiliferous limestone. -
Can you help identify this bone/fossil found on Lake Huron beach?
Mulholland posted a topic in Fossil ID
The other week I found a bone(left) on a Lake Huron beach (Ontario, Canada). The bone is roughly 2.5cm tall and 3cm wide, 1cm thick. To the right of the bone is a "rock" I found yesterday. I felt it looked too similar to the bone I had found. Here they are back to back. Does anyone know what kind of bone this is? And does anyone know if the specimen to the right is infact a fossil, or is it just a rock? Hopefully this is structured well enough. If you have more questions please ask! This is my first post here so thanks for having me. - Chris
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Hello!! I'm brand new to this incredible community, which I joined because I'd love to learn more about fossils. A family member found this one on a walk in London, Ontario, Canada. Hands are those of her 5 year old daughter. If I can get more information, I will. Thank you so much, in advance, for any help! Bodhi.
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From the album: Urban Fossils of Toronto (Georgian Bay Formation, Lower Member)
Ichnofossil association collected somewhere along the Humber River. Georgian Bay formation, Lower Member. Late Ordovician. Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada. -
Hello everyone, I've joined The Fossil Forum to learn to distinguish what's worth bringing home when I'm out exploring. I'm in Northeastern Ontario, Canada which is Canadian Shield (igneous), except farther north where there is limestone - but almost no road access. (Almost!). I've been enjoying going through the photos and descriptions on the Forum. Am not discouraged that the 'treasures' I posted turned out not to be fossils, because I learned from you what to look for next time. It was -23 Celsius this morning but Spring is surely coming! Lauren
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Hi. I’m Barry, I stumbled across your website and decided to join. I’ve had a farm in southern Ontario for 17 years and have discovered numerous fossils on the land. I know nothing about them but would love to know more. I’ve photographed them and would like to post them. Should I just post them to the “Fossil ID” section? Thanks.
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I have spent a really long time looking for this fossils name, I know it's from the Ordivician period I just don't even know where to begin to classify it. Pls help!
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Need help identifying this brachiopod and the encrusted bryozoan from the Devonian period
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I know these are from the Devonian period, just having a hard time figuring out the names of both of them
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Hi, I posted my hello over in the member intro thread. I’m new here and have been collecting fossils on my farm for the last 17 years. I have little idea of what they once were but I’m very curious. Here’s part one of three. Thanks.
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I found an odd piece of rock when my apartment has it's second floor garden soil removed. My neighbor said that it looks like petrified wood but I just want to make sure. Thanks.
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Took this opportunity to head to the shores of Lake Ontario in Whitby and find some trilobites, among other stuff! Edit: Kane corrected this - they're nautiloids. Cheers!
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Kimberlite xenoliths from Baffin Island, Canada, reveal size of lost continent
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Geology
Diamond samples in Canada reveal size of lost continent BBC News, March 21, 2020 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51989255 Geologists find lost fragment of ancient continent in Canada’s North University of British Columbia, March 19, 2020 https://science.ubc.ca/news/geologists-find-lost-fragment-ancient-continent-canada’s-north Papers are: Kopylova, M.G., Tso, E., Ma, F., Liu, J. and Pearson, D.G., 2020. The metasomatized mantle beneath the North Atlantic Craton: Insights from peridotite xenoliths of the Chidliak kimberlite province (NE Canada). Journal of Petrology. https://academic.oup.com/petrology/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/petrology/egz061/5697922 Pell, J., Clements, B., Grütter, H., Neilson, S. and Grenon, H., 2013. Following kimberlite indicator minerals to source in the Chidliak kimberlite province, Nunavut. New Frontiers for Exploration in Glaciated Terrain. Edited by RC Paulen and MB McClenaghan. Geological Survey of Canada. Open File, 7374, pp.21-26. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/257874039_Following_kimberlite_indicator_minerals_to_source_in_the_Chidliak_Kimberlite_Province_Nunavut https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jennifer_Pell Pell, J., Grütter, H., Neilson, S., Lockhart, G., Dempsey, S. and Grenon, H., 2013. Exploration and discovery of the Chidliak kimberlite province, Baffin Island, Nunavut: Canada’s newest diamond district. In Proceedings of 10th International Kimberlite Conference (pp. 209-227). Springer, New Delhi. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/257922249_Exploration_and_Discovery_of_the_Chidliak_Kimberlite_Province_Baffin_Island_Nunavut_Canada's_Newest_Diamond_District https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jennifer_Pell Yours, Paul H. -
All ready for the current season of collecting... Unfortunately all the organized events have been cancelled
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Hi, I found this off Old Mill Rd., Toronto, near the Humber River. The subject is 4 cm long. I'd appreciate any help identifying it! Thank you, Bellamy
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Hi everyone, These were found in Bowmanville, ON, Canada, on the coast near Port Darlington. I would appreciate any help identifying these.
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References: Timothy Paton, Carlton Elliot Brett (2019) Revised stratigraphy of the middle Simcoe Group (Ordovician, upper Sandbian-Katian) in its type area: an integrated approach. Canadian Journal of Earth Science. DOI: 10.1139/cjes-2018-0023 Kammer TW, Sumrall CD, Zamora S, Ausich WI, Deline B (2013) Oral Region Homologies in Paleozoic Crinoids and Other Plesiomorphic Pentaradial Echinoderms. PLoS ONE 8(11): e77989. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0077989
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Hi, Is this a Dromeosaur vertebra centrum?, Is there anyway to tell If it is? It’s 1.56 inches long, and is from the Drumheller valley of the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Alberta, Canada. Thank you!!
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