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Fish Fossil
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/artifacts2425
- Description
- The fossil is a "peel" of the head of an Eosalmo driftwoodensis or "dawn salmon". The pieces are identical mirror images preserving both sides of the fish.
- Category
- NATURAL HISTORY
- Sub-Category
- FOSSIL, FISH
- Description
- The fossil is a "peel" of the head of an Eosalmo driftwoodensis or "dawn salmon". The pieces are identical mirror images preserving both sides of the fish.
- History Of Use
- Found at Driftwood Canyon 1984
- Number Of Parts
- 2
- Accession No.
- 2010.11.1 a-b
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
Fossil
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/artifacts3824
- Description
- A fish fossil in two pieces brought in from Driftwood Canyon. Part 'a' is the main body which ends just behind the gill area. Part 'b' is the rest of the tail and fits in below where it finishes off where it has broken off from the main piece.
- Category
- NATURAL HISTORY
- Sub-Category
- FOSSIL, FISH
- Description
- A fish fossil in two pieces brought in from Driftwood Canyon. Part 'a' is the main body which ends just behind the gill area. Part 'b' is the rest of the tail and fits in below where it finishes off where it has broken off from the main piece.
- Width
- a) 9.4 b) 7.0
- Length
- a)37.8 b)21.9
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Dimension Notes
- Measurments taken at widest section
- Number Of Parts
- 2
- Accession No.
- 2017.95.1 a-b
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
Images
Fossil
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/artifacts4050
- Description
- Bones of Eosalmo driftwoodensis (genus of extinct salmon which lived during the Eocene epoch). The largest bone is most of the frontal, still attached at its back corner to the dermopterotic. The flattened, longer bones are branchiostegals. There is also a premaxilla with teeth (with a crack in the…
- Title
- Eosalmo driftwoodensis
- Category
- NATURAL HISTORY
- Sub-Category
- FOSSIL, FISH
- Period or Date Notes
- Eocene epoch
- Description
- Bones of Eosalmo driftwoodensis (genus of extinct salmon which lived during the Eocene epoch). The largest bone is most of the frontal, still attached at its back corner to the dermopterotic. The flattened, longer bones are branchiostegals. There is also a premaxilla with teeth (with a crack in the rock passing through it). Specimen consits of one larger piece, with two smaller thinner pieces that would sit adjacent to form the whole.
- Number Of Parts
- 3
- Image Details
- Photo by Tony L'Orsa. Diameter of the field of view in the image is about 10 cm.
- Accession No.
- 2018.30.1 a-c
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
Images
Fossil
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/artifacts3816
- Description
- Small, irregularly shaped slate-like piece of rock with a small fish, resembling a minnow, fossilized on one face. A fair amount of detail can be seen, including internal rib cages, tale structure, eye socket, and dorsal fin.Rock is brown in colour. Fossil is dark brown.According to an informal ana…
- Title
- Larval Fish Fossil
- Category
- NATURAL HISTORY
- Sub-Category
- FOSSIL, FISH
- Description
- Small, irregularly shaped slate-like piece of rock with a small fish, resembling a minnow, fossilized on one face. A fair amount of detail can be seen, including internal rib cages, tale structure, eye socket, and dorsal fin.Rock is brown in colour. Fossil is dark brown.According to an informal analysis performed by Dr. Mark V. H. Wilson, professor emeritus of the University of Alberta, this is likely of the Amyzon species, catostomidae family - a relative of the sucker fish.
- History Of Use
- Ken Shannon was an avid amateur fossil collector.
- Length
- 5.25
- Depth
- 0.2
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Dimension Notes
- Measured the whole rock, not the fish itself. The fish itself measures
- Accession No.
- 2012.84.7
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
Images
Fossil
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/artifacts4254
- Material
- STONE;
- Description
- Fossil of head and fin of fish. Possibly same fish as 2003.16.13.
- Title
- Fish fossil
- Category
- NATURAL HISTORY
- Sub-Category
- FOSSIL, FISH
- Description
- Fossil of head and fin of fish. Possibly same fish as 2003.16.13.
- Narrative
- Found in the Driftwood Canyon
- Material
- STONE;
- Height
- 0.8
- Width
- 6.8
- Length
- 10.5
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Accession No.
- 2003.16.12
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
Fossil
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/artifacts4255
- Material
- STONE;
- Description
- Fossil of head and fin of fish. Possibly same fish as 2003.16.12.
- Title
- Fish fossil
- Category
- NATURAL HISTORY
- Sub-Category
- FOSSIL, FISH
- Description
- Fossil of head and fin of fish. Possibly same fish as 2003.16.12.
- Narrative
- Found in the Driftwood Canyon
- Material
- STONE;
- Height
- 0.8
- Width
- 6.8
- Length
- 10.5
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Accession No.
- 2003.16.13
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
Fossil
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/artifacts4184
- Description
- In a July 2018 assessment, geologist Tony L'Orsa identified this as the vertebrate of an unknown fish.Scales and bone patterns evident.
- Title
- Unknown fish vertebrate fossil
- Category
- NATURAL HISTORY
- Sub-Category
- FOSSIL, FISH
- Description
- In a July 2018 assessment, geologist Tony L'Orsa identified this as the vertebrate of an unknown fish.Scales and bone patterns evident.
- Accession No.
- 2018.58.27
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
Fossil
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/artifacts4232
- Description
- Fragment of light brown shale with a darker brown imprint of a potion of a fish. In a July 2018 assessment, geologist Tony L'Orsa identified this as a fossil of an unknown fish.
- Title
- Unknown fish fossil
- Category
- NATURAL HISTORY
- Sub-Category
- FOSSIL, FISH
- Description
- Fragment of light brown shale with a darker brown imprint of a potion of a fish. In a July 2018 assessment, geologist Tony L'Orsa identified this as a fossil of an unknown fish.
- Width
- 7
- Length
- 15.8
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Dimension Notes
- Length and width measured at widest points
- Accession No.
- 2018.58.28
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
Azolla primaeva fossil
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/artifacts825
- Material
- MINERAL/ROCK-SEDIMENTARY;
- Description
- Light beige colored shale has a rusty color water formation and small fine lines on one side. The other side has three small dark brown marks the longest measuring 1.75cm in length and rust color on the edge. Fossil has jagged edges.
- Other Names
- WATER FERN
- PLANT
- Category
- NATURAL HISTORY
- Sub-Category
- FOSSIL, FLORA
- Description
- Light beige colored shale has a rusty color water formation and small fine lines on one side. The other side has three small dark brown marks the longest measuring 1.75cm in length and rust color on the edge. Fossil has jagged edges.
- History Of Use
- Water fern fossil or Azolla Primaeva was located at the Driftwood fossil beds.
- Material
- MINERAL/ROCK-SEDIMENTARY;
- Width
- 7
- Length
- 16
- Depth
- 0.5
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Accession No.
- 1987.40.3
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
Conglomerate Fossil
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/artifacts4151
- Material
- MINERAL/ROCK-UNKNOWN;
- Description
- Large conglomerate fossil. It is composed of various rounded fragments fossilized within a fine sedimentary rock. The rock is textured all over, with some fossilized shells and other materials evident on the surface.
- Category
- NATURAL HISTORY
- Sub-Category
- FOSSIL, UNIDENTIFIABLE
- Description
- Large conglomerate fossil. It is composed of various rounded fragments fossilized within a fine sedimentary rock. The rock is textured all over, with some fossilized shells and other materials evident on the surface.
- History Of Use
- Found on farm lot 756 near Round Lake on the surface of a plowed field on July 27, 1989.
- Material
- MINERAL/ROCK-UNKNOWN;
- Accession No.
- 1989.41.1
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
Images
Fossil
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/artifacts3766
- Material
- STONE;
- Description
- Small beige and yellow fossil of an unidentified plant.
- Category
- NATURAL HISTORY
- Sub-Category
- FOSSIL, FLORA
- Description
- Small beige and yellow fossil of an unidentified plant.
- Material
- STONE;
- Height
- 0.6
- Width
- 3.4
- Length
- 6
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Accession No.
- 1999.3.4
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
Images
Fossil
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/artifacts3767
- Category
- NATURAL HISTORY
- Sub-Category
- FOSSIL, FLORA
- Description
- A beige fossil of an unidentified insect or plant.
- Material
- STONE;
- Height
- 0.4
- Width
- 9.5
- Length
- 11.5
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Accession No.
- 1999.3.7
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
Images
Fossil
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/artifacts3770
- Description
- Small brown fossil of part of a clam with grey and orange patches.
- Category
- NATURAL HISTORY
- Sub-Category
- FOSSIL, UNIDENTIFIABLE
- Description
- Small brown fossil of part of a clam with grey and orange patches.
- Height
- 2.5
- Width
- 4
- Length
- 4.2
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Accession No.
- 2004.57.8
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
Images
Fossil
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/artifacts3771
- Material
- STONE;
- Description
- Small grey fossil of part of a clam with brown, white, and orange patches.
- Category
- NATURAL HISTORY
- Sub-Category
- FOSSIL, UNIDENTIFIABLE
- Description
- Small grey fossil of part of a clam with brown, white, and orange patches.
- Material
- STONE;
- Height
- 3.2
- Width
- 7.3
- Length
- 9
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Accession No.
- 2004.57.2
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
Images
Fossil
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/artifacts3772
- Material
- STONE;
- Description
- Small grey fossil of part of a clam with brown and orange patches.
- Category
- NATURAL HISTORY
- Sub-Category
- FOSSIL, UNIDENTIFIABLE
- Description
- Small grey fossil of part of a clam with brown and orange patches.
- Material
- STONE;
- Height
- 3
- Width
- 4
- Length
- 8.3
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Accession No.
- 2004.57.3
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
Images
Fossil
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/artifacts3773
- Material
- STONE;
- Description
- A grey fossil of part of a clam with orange and white patches.
- Category
- NATURAL HISTORY
- Sub-Category
- FOSSIL, UNIDENTIFIABLE
- Description
- A grey fossil of part of a clam with orange and white patches.
- Material
- STONE;
- Height
- 2.5
- Width
- 5.3
- Length
- 7.8
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Accession No.
- 2004.57.4
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
Images
Fossil
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/artifacts3774
- Material
- STONE;
- Description
- Small grey fossil of part of a clam with grey and white patches.
- Category
- NATURAL HISTORY
- Sub-Category
- FOSSIL, UNIDENTIFIABLE
- Description
- Small grey fossil of part of a clam with grey and white patches.
- Material
- STONE;
- Height
- 2.5
- Width
- 3.5
- Length
- 6
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Accession No.
- 2004.57.7
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
Images
Fossil
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/artifacts3794
- Description
- Sand coloured flat fossil. Broken into a triangle type shape with dark brown fossil markings across.
- Category
- NATURAL HISTORY
- Sub-Category
- FOSSIL, UNIDENTIFIABLE
- Description
- Sand coloured flat fossil. Broken into a triangle type shape with dark brown fossil markings across.
- Number Of Parts
- 2
- Accession No.
- 2010.44.1
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
Images
Fossil
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/artifacts3815
- Description
- An irregularly flat piece of slate-like rock with a Metasequoia shaped fossil on face and faint, small insect fossil on the other face. This insect fossil is of chief interest for this artifact as it is uncommon. In an e-mail exchange between Dr. Bruce Archibald, a professor at SFU, and Tony L'Orsa…
- Title
- Parasitoid Wasp Fossil
- Category
- NATURAL HISTORY
- Sub-Category
- FOSSIL, INSECT
- Description
- An irregularly flat piece of slate-like rock with a Metasequoia shaped fossil on face and faint, small insect fossil on the other face. This insect fossil is of chief interest for this artifact as it is uncommon. In an e-mail exchange between Dr. Bruce Archibald, a professor at SFU, and Tony L'Orsa, a local geologist, Bruce identified it as a parasitoid wasp.Bruce suggested they are related to the ichneumonidae or braconidae groups of modern insects.
- Length
- 9.2
- Depth
- 0.8
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Dimension Notes
- Measuring the shape of the piece. Measurements taken at longest point. Wasp in fossil itself measures roughly 12 mm.
- Accession No.
- 2017.86.1
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
Images
Fossil
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/artifacts3965
- Description
- Four brachiopods of the Rhynchonellidae family. Mid-Jurassic from the Copper River area.
- Title
- Brachiopods
- Category
- NATURAL HISTORY
- Sub-Category
- FOSSIL, BRACHIOPOD
- Description
- Four brachiopods of the Rhynchonellidae family. Mid-Jurassic from the Copper River area.
- History Of Use
- Kenneth Shannon was an avid fossil collector
- Number Of Parts
- 4
- Accession No.
- 2012.84.1
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
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