Saturday, 30 March 2019

Are Elkanhah Billing’s Specimens of Aspidella Truly Missing, or are they just Hanging Out with Logan’s slabs of Protichnites at the Canadian Museum of Nature’s Research Facility?

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That may seem like an odd title to readers, unless the reader has taken the time to read three of my earlier blog postings:   March 7, 2014 ...
Friday, 29 March 2019

If the Ediacaran discoid holdfast Aspidella, why not Ediacaran Stalks, Spindles and Fronds in Lanark County?

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I’ve now gone through all of the photographs that I took while at the quarry in the period from 2012 to 2014, and identified those that migh...
Thursday, 28 March 2019

Possible Fossil Microbial Mat Structures in Rocks Near Perth, Ontario

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In previous postings (Dec. 1, 2016; Oct. 7, 2016; Dec. 29, 2015;  Dec.  23,  2015;  Nov.4, 2015)  I’ve discussed and provided photographs of...
Sunday, 24 March 2019

A Selection of Fossils from the ‘March Formation’ in Lanark County, Ontario - A Correction

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 I was speaking with my daughter on Thursday and mentioned to her that there were a few things on my blog that were not correct.  She chime...
Friday, 22 March 2019

Ontario Geological Survey Summary of Field Work and Other Activities, 2018

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In  December , 2018 the  Ontario Geological Survey released its Summary of Field Work and Other Activities, 2018 (OFR 6350) for electronic d...
Tuesday, 19 March 2019

The Trace Fossil Helminthopsis in Sedimentary Rocks of Lanark County , Ontario

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The above  photograph (SAM_0037) was taken of a loose specimen collected at Tackaberry’s quarry about three miles north of Perth.  I b...
Sunday, 17 March 2019

Fossil Ripple Marks in Rocks Near Perth Ontario

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Fossil ripple marks were formed by the movement of water or wind over sediment, and are useful for determining the direction of the current ...