A PowerPoint Presentation of some of the fossils contained in the "cuttings" from the Hibernia Field. East Coast Canada.

1. Ancient Fossils From the Hibernia Field
East Coast Canada
Collected by Glenn R. Power, geologist

2. The following PowerPoint Presentation contains
images of microscopic fossils from the Hibernia Field
(collected in 1998).
Fossils can help geologists determine the age of the
rock formations that they are found in, the type of
environment (tidal inlets, beaches, or deep sea for
example) and many other useful things which help in
the search for oil and gas deposits.

3. Some of the fossils shown here have come from rock
layers in the Hibernia Formation and are therefore
over a hundred million years old (when dinosaurs still
roamed the earth and swam in the ancient oceans).
Other fossils have been found in „younger‟ layers but
ALL of the fossils are MILLIONS of years old.
The novelty of these fossils however is that unlike
dinosaurs (and their fossils) which are very
large, these fossils are very, very small. So small in
fact that a powerful microscope is necessary just to
be able to see them.

4. The fossil pictures were taken with a digital camera
that was placed on the „eye‟ of the microscope, so the
quality is not as good as it would be if it the pictures
were taken „professionally‟.
The first few slides contain some images to help
illustrate the size of the fossils and the necessity to
have something familiar to compare the size to.
Many of the fossil pictures have been photographed
on coins to help the viewer appreciate their amazingly
small size.

5. Looking for these fossils in the “cuttings” (broken bits
of rock) was part of my job when I worked on the
Hibernia Platform but it was also a hobby which I did
in my spare time. For me, it was a lot of fun!
I hope that you will enjoy seeing them.
Keep in mind, that millions and millions of years ago
these fossils were living creatures that were
„swimming‟ in the ancient oceans.
Glenn Power

7. In the absence of any type of scale these two
shark’s teeth appear to be the same size.

8. A penny provides a relevant scale.

9. There is a shark’s tooth on the penny.

12. These two pictures are of the same tooth. The
one on the penny (left) has been ‘distorted’ due
to ‘resizing’ from the previous photo.