Urban fossils of Ottawa
Kuwait Embassy
Tyndall Stone
Location: outer façade
Rock: limestone
Age: Ordovician
Fossils: ichnofossils, gastropods and algae
Information and photographs: Quentin Gall. Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa
More information: A Walking Guide - Ottawa’s Building and Monument Stones
Kuwait Embassy
Tyndall Stone
Location: outer façade
Rock: limestone
Age: Ordovician
Fossils: ichnofossils, gastropods and algae
Information and photographs: Quentin Gall. Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa
More information: A Walking Guide - Ottawa’s Building and Monument Stones
Ordovician Tyndall Stone on wall, with dolomitized burrows (Thalassinoides) in limestone and calcareous algae (Receptaculites sp., see centre of photograph)
Tyndall Stone with dolomitized burrows (Thalassinoides) in limestone and gastropod in centre of photograph (Maclurites sp.)