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Coal Creek ammonites, Fernie

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

FossilsFossils

Also reported: concretions.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

Jurassic Fernie Formation shales in the Elk Valley producing large ammonites

Documented in regional geology and collector accounts of the Fernie basin.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

bears, industrial traffic

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