The most common Brachiopod to be found in the Collingswood member of the Whitby formation is Lingula corbourgensis. It is an inarticulate Brachiopod with a phosphatic shell and can get relatively large. Below are several examples that occur on slabs that I've split.
Specimen #1
Specimen #2
Specimen #3
The Whitby formation is Ordovician in age (late Ordovician, Katian/Mohawkian stage).
These
fossils were collected from the St. Mary's Limestone Quarry in
Bowmanville, Ontario. I used William Hessin's book "South Central
Ontario Fossils", 2009, Self Published, pg. 117 to help identify these
fossils.
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