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Gandhi Taymour posted a new activity comment 3 years, 8 months ago
3 years, 8 months ago3 years, 8 months agoThanks for your feedback, @leonardo-miranda , it looks like the verdict is in and we have the shell of an Orthoceras! I’ve got two of these beauties, and I imagine I can find a lot more up here.
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Gandhi Taymour posted a new activity comment 3 years, 8 months ago
3 years, 8 months ago3 years, 8 months agoThank you, @patrick-hsieh, I’ll start some additional research based on your comment.
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Gandhi Taymour posted a new activity comment 3 years, 8 months ago
3 years, 8 months ago3 years, 8 months agoThank you, @lisa-craig for the very informative response. I’ll do some more research based on what you’ve advised and continue to chip away using a carbide scribe to see how this looks like further under the rock.
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Gandhi Taymour posted a new activity comment 3 years, 8 months ago
3 years, 8 months ago3 years, 8 months agoUpdated photos of the advanced erosion process of the matrix surrounding this fossil. I’ll be pulling it out the vinegar/water solution now after approx 18 hours as it appears bits of the fossil are also starting to undergo the same effects: http://imgur.com/gallery/Hde2wGS
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Gandhi Taymour posted a new activity comment 3 years, 8 months ago
3 years, 8 months ago3 years, 8 months agoFull album including measurements, the area I found it in: http://imgur.com/gallery/yV3S7Ua
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Gandhi Taymour posted an image in the group What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 8 months ago
3 years, 8 months ago3 years, 8 months agoNot sure what exactly I have here, looks like vertebrae of some sort. The yellow image is an image of it sitting in a mixture of water and vinegar while I attempt to strip away some of the matrix surrounding it. This was found around Toronto, Ontario, Canada in a creek which feeds into Lake Ontario.
Lat/Long: 43.6172/-79.5669 #fossil
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Gandhi Taymour posted a new activity comment 4 years, 2 months ago
4 years, 2 months ago4 years, 2 months agowow, thank you!
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Gandhi Taymour posted an image in the group What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 4 years, 2 months ago
4 years, 2 months ago4 years, 2 months agoSmall holes can be seen.Side view showing how it sits within its sedimentary throne.I found this while hiking at Balsam Lake, Ontario, Canada. Not sure what it is! There are tiny holes located on some edges, visible in some photos. The remainder appears as pearly white, and feels smooth. I have not made any attempt to clean the dirt off of it…[Read more]
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Hi @gandhi-taymour, this looks like a plagioclase crystal.
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wow, thank you!
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Full album including measurements, the area I found it in: http://imgur.com/gallery/yV3S7Ua
Updated photos of the advanced erosion process of the matrix surrounding this fossil. I’ll be pulling it out the vinegar/water solution now after approx 18 hours as it appears bits of the fossil are also starting to undergo the same effects: http://imgur.com/gallery/Hde2wGS
Looks like the end of a worm tube; original sediments are light blue and tan, showing low-normal oxygen level. Versus the picture before you soaked it has a reddish brown environment, showing high oxygen/ high decomposing area. Probably all that is left of that critter; but you can check. Worm tubes were common in pre-dinosaur days, as “more c…[Read more]
Thank you, @lisa-craig for the very informative response. I’ll do some more research based on what you’ve advised and continue to chip away using a carbide scribe to see how this looks like further under the rock.
Those look like the remnants of an orthocone shell. The shells were long, straight and divided into chambers that were concave on one end and convex on the other. They are common finds in Ontario, Canada.
Thank you, @patrick-hsieh, I’ll start some additional research based on your comment.
it does indeed seem to be an orthocone shell, with the ribbing and everything.
Thanks for your feedback, @leonardo-miranda , it looks like the verdict is in and we have the shell of an Orthoceras! I’ve got two of these beauties, and I imagine I can find a lot more up here.