Introduction
Here is a picture of myself holding onto a very large favosite coral found near Hungry Hollow Ontario.
Being an amateur collector beginning in 2005, I was fascinated by the diversity of the fossils that were being found around Hungry Hollow Ontario area. As time went on, I realized that there was a limited amount of information to try and identify the fossils that were being found, so in 2018 I started a project to try to help young collectors in this endeavor, and this is the result of that project. I would like it to be an ongoing project, so if anyone has photos of unlisted fossils or can identify some of the unknown specimens, please contact Bob O'Donnell. I would like to Thank Bob O'Donnell for putting together this website, Mike and John Topor for confirming the identification of the fossils, all who allowed photos to be used, and to those who will contribute in the future. Richard Barnard
Annelida Sedis incertae are currently debated in terms of their phylogenetic position. Included in this section are tentaculites - worm etc.
Blastoids are a type of marine echinoderm. They have a theca or calyx (covering or sheath) that is usually shaped somewhat like a nut
Brachiopods are marine invertebrates meaning they have no backbone, and are one of the few animal groups that live only in the ocean.
Brittlestars are related to Starfish and have a rounded disk - like body with 5 long thin flexible arms, that they can shed if threatened.
Bryozoans are animals that live in a colony and excrete a skeleton to support themselves. Bryozoans are primarily marine.
Numerous representatives are alive today-Squids - Octopuses - Cuttlefish - the chambered nautilus living in modern seas.
Conulariids are a poorly understood fossil group of extinct scyphozoan cnidarians. there are about 20 genera and 150 species known.
Corals are marine invertebrates within the class Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. Corals are animals that use up to thousands of polyps to feed themselves.
Crinoids are echinoderms they are related to starfish. They look like flowers because they have a stem with several arms above and are often called sea lilies.
Echinoids are echinoderms they have a disk - heart or globe shaped skeleton made of interlocking plates of calcium carbonate covered by a layer of skin, and minute defensive spins called pedicellariae.
Edrioasterids are an extinct class of echinoderm related to starfish. They have a body laid out in a pentameral pattern. They were filter feeders that attached permanently to the seafloor or an object.
The fish material in this section are Mid Devonian in age and were found near Hungry Hollow Ontario. Included in this section are the following - Placoderm Armor Plating - spines - crushing plates.
Gastropods are known commonly as snails or slugs they are an invertebrate (lacking a backbone). Many gastropods are protected in a cap - shaped or coiled shell that we often find fossilized.
Graptolites are an extinct tiny floating animal that lived together in groups or colonies sharing the same skeleton. They are preserved as carbonaceous impressions that look like pencil marks.
Hyolithes belong to a group of organisms called Lophophorates, they are closely related to brachiopods. There body was encased in a pair of shells with a lid with 2 tusklike spines near it.
Bivalves also called pelecypods are a clam & clam like shelled invertebrate (lacking a backbone) animal. Bivalves are a class of mollusk with two valves hence the common name of bivalves.
Phyllocarida - subclass of crustaceans. They have a bivalved dorsal top (Carapace) it covers the head & thorax, segmented abdomen protrudes ends as a 3 pronged tail. Described as a shrimp in a clam shell.
Plant fossils provide direct evidence of vegetation throughout Earths history. At the beginning of the Devonian there were small plants and at the end of of the Devonian the first forests arose.
Sponges belong to the phylum porifera. They are one of the simplest multicellular animals living today. They get there nourishment by filtering microscopic bits of food from sea water.
Starfish are star shaped echinoderms belonging to the class Asteroidea. they typically have a central disc and usually 5 arms, though some species have a large number of arms.
Like many invertebrate animals living today, including crustaceans, spiders and insects, trilobites were arthropods belonging to the phylum arthropoda.