US And Canadian Fossil Sites -- Data for NOVA SCOTIA

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LocationCountyState/ProvinceDirections,NotesAgeFormationFossilsCommentsReferenceLat-Long
--NSMississippian lakebed and near shore deposits from Nova Scotia. Trace FossilsMississippianHorton Bluff(NS)?NS0007|,
--NSRegional outcrops of Lower Kentville formation inland and parallel to Bay of Fundy in graptolitic shalesSilurianKentvilleGraptolitesNS0067http://journals.hil.unb.ca/index.php/ag/article/view/1813/2177|Meguma,
--NSRegional outcrops of Torbrook formation inland and parallel to Bay of FundyDevonianTorbrookAbundant fossilsNS0068http://journals.hil.unb.ca/index.php/ag/article/view/1813/2177|Meguma,
Cape Breton Island-NSCambrianTrilobitesNS0001|,
Cape Breton Island-NSCarboniferousGood plant fossilsNS0002|,
Cape Breton Island-NSMississippianFisset BrookPlant FossilsNS0003|,
Central Mainland Nova Scotia-NSMississippian UpperKennetcook|Herbert River LimestonesBiohermsNS0004|,
Nova Scotia-NSCretaceousLignitic coalsNS000545.000150,-62.998653,,CU|,
Nova Scotia-NSJurassicScots Bayfossils,dinosaur tracksNS000645.000150,-62.998653,,CU|,
Bear RiverAnnapolisNSN and East in Bear River-Clementsville areaDevonian, LowerTorbrookfossilsNS0070http://www.gov.ns.ca/natr/meb/pdf/04re01/04re01_White.pdf44.554357,-65.610454,,CU|Meguma,
Bear RiverAnnapolisNSnearbySilurianWhiterockfossilsNS0071http://www.gov.ns.ca/natr/meb/pdf/04re01/04re01_White.pdf44.554357,-65.610454,,CU|Meguma,
Bear RiverAnnapolisNSfossilsNS000844.554357,-65.610454,,CU|,
Bear RiverAnnapolisNSfossilsNS000944.554357,-65.610454,,CU|,
Bear RiverAnnapolis?NSIn shales and sandstonesDevonianTorbrookAbundant fossils-corals,brachiopods,trilobites,gastropods,plants,etcNS0094http://journals.hil.unb.ca/index.php/ag/article/viewFile/1825/2189|,
Messenger BrookAnnapolisNSIn shales and sandstonesDevonianTorbrookAbundant fossils-corals,brachiopods,trilobites,gastropods,plants,etcNS0096http://journals.hil.unb.ca/index.php/ag/article/viewFile/1825/2189|,
NictauxAnnapolisNSIn iron ore depositsDevonianfossilsNS0099http://www.archive.org/stream/reminiscencesamo00westuoft/reminiscencesamo00westuoft_djvu.txt|,
Annapolis ValleyAnnapolis|KingsNSTriassic-JurassicFundy GroupNon-marine fossilsNS001045.000150,-64.915491,,CU|,
AntigonishAntigonishNSAt McAras BrookDevonian LowerKnoydartFossil fish-PteraspisNS001145.623232,-62.002284,,CU|,
ArisaigAntigonishNSClassic Silurian section in Sea Cliffs at Provincial Park. Subset of 47 million year Paleozoic section from Arisaig Point to McAras BrookSilurianBrachiopods,bivalves,gastropods,cephalopods,trilobites,graptolites,crinoids,tentaculitesNS001845.750145,-62.165293,,CU|,
ArisaigAntigonishNSIn sea cliffs W of Arisaig Point accessible from Arisaig Provincial Picnic ParkSilurianabundant fossilsNS0088Collecting of loose fossil material on beach is permitted in NS, but unusual specimens must be checked and released by Nova Scotia Museum of Natural Historyhttp://museum.gov.ns.ca/fossils/sites/index.htm45.750145,-62.165293,,CU|,
ArisaigAntigonishNSSilurianRoss Brook?NS001445.750145,-62.165293,,CU|,
ArisaigAntigonishNSSilurianStonehousetrilobite fragments Cape George,,NS,-- -- Wilkie Brook -- Fresh water algal reefNS001645.750145,-62.165293,,CU|,
ArisaigAntigonishNSSilurianStonehousetrilobite fragmentsNS001545.750145,-62.165293,,CU|,
ArisaigAntigonishNSSilurianStonehouse|MoydarttrilobitesNS001745.750145,-62.165293,,CU|,
ArisaigAntigonishNSSilurianAcritarchsNS001245.750145,-62.165293,,CU|,
ArisaigAntigonishNSSilurianGastropodsNS001345.750145,-62.165293,,CU|,
Cape GeorgeAntigonishNSCarboniferousWilkie BrookFresh water algal reefNS0019http://www.gov.ns.ca/NATR/meb/tgi/SUM2001/SUM2001B.HTM45.833441,-61.915280,,CU|,
Cape GeorgeAntigonishNSDevonianMcAras BrookIchnofossils: BeaconitesNS002045.833441,-61.915280,,CU|,
Cape GeorgeAntigonishNSOrdovicianGraptolitesNS0066The Acadian Orogeny: Recent Studies in New England, Maritime ... Google Books45.833441,-61.915280,,CU|Avalon?,
Marsby HopeAntigonishNSMarsby Hope appears to be on RR between New Glasgow and Antigonish about 6.4km W of James RiverSilurianfossilsNS0060An American Geological Railway Guide p57|,
McCaras BrookAntigonishNS4.8km SW of Arasaig from small knoll W of McCaras Brook and 130m S of shore road. A few fossils in readbeds and many partial fossils in pellet bedDevonianKnoydartfish-Onchus,Pteraspis,CephalaspisNS0104http://www.archive.org/stream/earlydevonianver3717deni/earlydevonianver3717deni_djvu.txt|,
McCaras BrookAntigonishNSA few fossils on W bank of McCaras Brook at shore roadDevonianKnoydartfish-Onchus,Pteraspis,Psammosteus,CephalaspisNS0103http://www.archive.org/stream/earlydevonianver3717deni/earlydevonianver3717deni_djvu.txt|,
McCaras BrookAntigonishNSin freshwater redbeds similar to the European Old Red Sandstone along the 5km of road S to DumaglassDevonianKnoydartFish fossilsNS0102http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mnh/nature/nhns2/300/312.htm|,
SydneyAntigonishNSFossils associated with coal in sea cliffs for 50km betwwen Cape Dauphin and Morien BayCarboniferousIchnofossils;plants-Sigillaria,Lepidodendron,Calamites,Stigmaria,etcNS0093Collecting of loose fossil material on beach is permitted in NS, but unusual specimens must be checked and released by Nova Scotia Museum of Natural Historyhttp://museum.gov.ns.ca/fossils/sites/index.htm46.134943,-60.190830,,CU|,
SydneyAntigonishNSIn clays interbedded with coalplants-Stigmaria,CalamitesNS0061An American Geological Railway Guide p8246.134943,-60.190830,,CU|,
SydneyAntigonishNSSea cliffsCarboniferousplants;vertebratesNS0077Collecting of loose material on beach is permitted in NS, but unusual specimens must be checked and released by Nova Scotia Museum of Natural Historyhttp://www.photoguild.ns.ca/events/AGS-2006-Noel-Shore.pdf46.134943,-60.190830,,CU|,
Sydney CoalfieldAntigonishNSAlong coast of Cape Breton Is from Cape Dauphin east to Morien BayCarboniferousPlants-Sigillaria,Lepidodendron,Calamites,Stigmaria,etcNS0021|,
-Cape BretonNSAt Geodetic Survey Bench Mark 86N241Cambrian LowerCuslettHalkieria;Chancelloria;Eccentrotheca;Sunnaginia;Brachiopods-Micromitra,Paterina;Coleoloides;Hyolithids-Hyolithellus,TorellellaNS0028|,
Cap RougeCape BretonNSin Mississippian shalesMississippianHorton Bluff(NS)paleoniscoid fish scalesNS002245.483444,-60.915207,,CU|,
Cape BretonCape BretonNSOrdoviciangraptolitesNS0098Annual Report Geological Survey of Canada 1889 http://books.google.com/books?output=html&id=5ZYMAAAAYAAJ|,
CataloneCape BretonNSCambrian LowerFosters PointBrachiopods -- Micromitra,Obolus,Paterina (20)NS002345.991376,-59.985250,,CU|,
Catalone RiverCape BretonNSCambrian LowerBrigustrilobitesNS002445.983438,-59.981736,,CU|,
FlorenceCape BretonNSCanada in Pennsylvanian shalesPennsylvanianPlants - Annularia,NeuropterisNS002546.255818,-60.261703,,CU|,
George RiverCape Breton?NSNear Bras d'Or BayCambrianHyolithes;Obolella;LingulaNS0100http://www.archive.org/stream/reminiscencesamo00westuoft/reminiscencesamo00westuoft_djvu.txt|,
Point AconiCape BretonNSIn shales on beachPennsylvanianPictouabundant fossil plants-SphenophyllumNS0097http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mnh/nature/nhns2/500/531.htm|,
Point EdwardCape BretonNS6.4km NW of Sydney between Point Edward and Keating CoveMississippianPoint Edwardvertebrates-SpathicephalusNS002646.163782,-60.273056,,CU|,
Table HeadCape BretonNSPennsylvanianSydney Coalfieldplants,arthropods,rarely fishNS002746.216837,-59.948443,,CU|,
BruleColchesterNShttp://www.tata.ns.ca/Brule_Fossils.htmlPennsylvanian-Permiantrackways,plantsNS003045.750147,-63.165368,,CU|,
BruleColchesterNSPennsylvanian-PermiantrackwaysNS002945.750147,-63.165368,,CU|,
Five IslandsColchesterNSAt Blue Sac in paleotalusJurassicMcCoy BrookvertebratesNS0079Collecting of loose fossil material on beach is permitted in NS, but unusual specimens must be checked and released by Nova Scotia Museum of Natural Historyhttp://www.photoguild.ns.ca/events/AGS-2006-Noel-Shore.pdf|,
RiversdaleColchesterNSNear the RR station in RR cutCarboniferousbivalves-Naiadites;plants-Cordaites,Calamites,NeuropterisNS0101http://www.archive.org/stream/reminiscencesamo00westuoft/reminiscencesamo00westuoft_djvu.txt|,
TatamagoucheColchesterNSfossil trackways displayedNS003145.712053,-63.291979,,CU|,
Diligent RiverCumberlandNSnearby in sea cliffsCarboniferousanimal tracks;plantsNS0087Collecting of loose fossil material on beach is permitted in NS, but unusual specimens must be checked and released by Nova Scotia Museum of Natural Historyhttp://museum.gov.ns.ca/fossils/sites/diligent/index.htm45.416846,-64.448760,,CU|,
Diligent RiverCumberlandNSPennsylvaniantrackways,plantsNS003245.416846,-64.448760,,CU|,
JogginsCumberlandNSFossils in sea cliffsCarboniferousIchnofossils;plants;trees in original upright position;vertebratesNS0090Collecting of loose fossil material on beach is permitted in NS, but unusual specimens must be checked and released by Nova Scotia Museum of Natural Historyhttp://museum.gov.ns.ca/fossils/sites/index.htm45.580208,-64.664577,,CU|,
JogginsCumberlandNSSea cliffsCarboniferousplants;vertebratesNS0074Collecting of loose material on beach is permitted in NS, but unusual specimens must be checked and released by Nova Scotia Museum of Natural Historyhttp://www.photoguild.ns.ca/events/AGS-2006-Noel-Shore.pdf45.580208,-64.664577,,CU|,
JogginsCumberlandNSfrom West Ragged Reef to MinudiePennsylvanianJogginsAmphibians,bivalves,reptiles,coal,plants,tracksNS003645.580208,-64.664577,,CU|,
JogginsCumberlandNSin 4000 meters ofPennsylvanian-PermianJogginsPlants - Lepidodendron,Sigillaria; Early Tetrapods --DendrerpetonNS003745.580208,-64.664577,,CU|,
JogginsCumberlandNSPennsylvanianAmphibians - Eosaurus,Microsaurs,Limnoscelids,Labyrinthodonts,NS003345.580208,-64.664577,,CU|,
JogginsCumberlandNSPennsylvanianvertebrates-Dendrerpeton,Dendryazouza,HyperpetonNS003445.580208,-64.664577,,CU|,
JogginsCumberlandNSPennsylvanian-lateramphibians,etc.NS003545.580208,-64.664577,,CU|,
Lower CoveCumberlandNSOn Chignecto Bay in sea cliffs in a good carboniferous sectionCarboniferousLittle River-NS0055http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-143773110.html45.716851,-64.432049,,CU|,
ParrsboroCumberlandNSFossils in sea cliff below Wasson BluffJurassicvertebratesNS0092Collecting of loose fossil material on beach is permitted in NS, but unusual specimens must be checked and released by Nova Scotia Museum of Natural Historyhttp://museum.gov.ns.ca/fossils/sites/index.htm45.405260,-64.325123,,CU|,
ParrsboroCumberlandNSW shore of Parrsboro Inlet. S of Whitehall Creek and 100m N of small point N of Pinky's PointPennsylvanianParrsboroamphibians-Haplolepis,tracksNS003945.405260,-64.325123,,CU|,
ParrsboroCumberlandNSTriassic-JurassicMcCoy BrookTrackways,reptile remainsNS003845.405260,-64.325123,,CU|,
S. JogginsCumberlandNSPennsylvanianplant CalamitesNS0040|,
Wasson BluffCumberlandNSJurassicMcCoy BrookvertebratesNS0080Collecting of loose fossil material on beach is permitted in NS, but unusual specimens must be checked and released by Nova Scotia Museum of Natural Historyhttp://www.photoguild.ns.ca/events/AGS-2006-Noel-Shore.pdf|,
RiverdaleDigbyNSplants-NaiaditesNS0059An American Geological Railway Guide p5444.350149,-65.865552,,CU|,
WentworthDigbyNS144km from Halifax on Intercolonial RRSilurianfossilsNS0058An American Geological Railway Guide p5245.608367,-63.561966,,CU|,
East MilfordHalifaxNSIn a gypsum minePleistocenemastodon,beaver,frog bones,freshwater pelecypod and gastropodsNS004145.016850,-63.431987,,CU|,
HalifaxHalifaxNSAt Waverly MineCambrian, Lower?AstropolitonNS0056An American Geological Railway Guide p5244.654813,-63.601594,,CU|,
Tangier HarborHalifaxNSnear head in roadcut, poorly preserved graptolitesOrdovician?GoldenvilleGraptolites-DidymograptusNS0063http://journals.hil.unb.ca/index.php/ag/article/viewFile/1814/2178|,
Windsor JunctionHalifaxNS20.8km from Halifax on Intercolonial RR in limestonesCarboniferousfossilsNS0057An American Geological Railway Guide p5244.793226,-63.640881,,CU|,
Blue BeachHantsNSAcanthoid trials?NS004345.100149,-64.215445,,CU|,
Blue BeachHantsNSIn Blue Beach member of Horton FormationDevonianHorton Bluff(NS)plants;ostracods;fish fragmentsNS0082Collecting of loose fossil material on beach is permitted in NS, but unusual specimens must be checked and released by Nova Scotia Museum of Natural Historyhttp://www.photoguild.ns.ca/events/AGS-2006-Noel-Shore.pdf45.100149,-64.215445,,CU|,
Blue BeachHantsNSSea cliffsCarboniferousplants;vertebratesNS0075Collecting of loose material on beach is permitted in NS, but unusual specimens must be checked and released by Nova Scotia Museum of Natural Historyhttp://www.photoguild.ns.ca/events/AGS-2006-Noel-Shore.pdf45.100149,-64.215445,,CU|,
Blue BeachHantsNSMississippianHorton Bluff(NS)Acanthoid trialsNS004245.100149,-64.215445,,CU|,
Burncote HeadHantsNSin red bedsCarboniferousWolfvillevertebratesNS0085http://www.photoguild.ns.ca/events/AGS-2006-Noel-Shore.pdf|,
Burncote LighthouseHantsNSTriassicWolfvilleReptile bones-HesperosuchusNS0052|,
CheverieHantsNSin gypsum beds bedsCarboniferousWindsor(NB)stromatolitesNS0086http://www.photoguild.ns.ca/events/AGS-2006-Noel-Shore.pdf|,
MilfordHantsNSPleistoceneMastodonNS0081Same as Mastodon ridge at Steiwiacke?http://www.photoguild.ns.ca/events/AGS-2006-Noel-Shore.pdf|,
Newport LandingHantsNSCarboniferousMiller Creekgastropods;brachiopods;bryozoa,bivalves,crinoidsNS0084Collecting of loose fossil material on beach is permitted in NS, but unusual specimens must be checked and released by Nova Scotia Museum of Natural Historyhttp://www.photoguild.ns.ca/events/AGS-2006-Noel-Shore.pdf|,
Rainy CoveHantsNSIn Blue Beach member of Horton FormationDevonianHorton Bluff(NS)plants;ostracods;fish fragmentsNS0083Collecting of loose fossil material on beach is permitted in NS, but unusual specimens must be checked and released by Nova Scotia Museum of Natural Historyhttp://www.photoguild.ns.ca/events/AGS-2006-Noel-Shore.pdf|,
Grand EtangInvernessNSAlong shore to SMississippianPomquetvertebrates-SagenodusNS004546.506849,-61.025641,,CU|,
Port HoodInvernessNSin PennsylvanianPennsylvanianvery early reptiles: RomeriscusNS004646.016840,-61.531846,,CU|,
Evangeline BeachKingsNSCanteen siteTriassicWolfvilleReptile bonesNS005345.133449,-64.315453,,CU|,
Evangeline BeachKingsNSE end of beachTriassicWolfvilleReptile bonesNS005445.133449,-64.315453,,CU|,
Horton BluffKingsNSThe attraction here is a long trackway in the shore rock below the bluffCarboniferousIchnofossilsNS0089Collecting of loose fossil material on beach is permitted in NS, but unusual specimens must be checked and released by Nova Scotia Museum of Natural Historyhttp://museum.gov.ns.ca/fossils/sites/index.htm45.100149,-64.215445,,CU|,
Horton BluffKingsNSMississippianHorton Bluff(NS)vertebrates,trace fossils,NS004945.100149,-64.215445,,CU|,
KentvilleKingsNS3.5km SE at top of sequence of exposures on Elderkin Brook in green graptolitic shalesSilurianKentvillegraptolitesNS0073http://www.aber.ac.uk/~glawww/epgr/15_north_america_phanerozoic_.691_to_717.pdf|Meguma,
Spinney BrookKingsNSIn shales and sandstones. Localities are S of Kingston. See Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists (Eastern Section) Field Trip 1975, Stop 3DevonianTorbrookAbundant fossils-corals,brachiopods,trilobites,gastropods,plants,etcNS0095http://journals.hil.unb.ca/index.php/ag/article/viewFile/1825/2189 http://etcdev.hil.unb.ca/ojs-2.2.2/index.php/ag/article/viewFile/1812/2176|,
WolfvilleKingsNSnearby just below the Halifax,Whiterock boundaryOrdovicianHalifaxGraptolites-DictyonemaNS0062http://journals.hil.unb.ca/index.php/ag/article/viewFile/1814/2178|,
High HeadLunenburgNSin local exposures of green shalesCambrianGoldenvilleAbundant ichnofossils-OldhamiaNS0069http://www.gov.ns.ca/natr/meb/pdf/04re01/04re01_White.pdf|Meguma,
Mahone BayLunenburgNSIn 44cm bed on Tancook Is, Trilobite and Echinoderm fragmentsCambrianGoldenvilleTrilobites,EchinodermsNS0065http://journals.hil.unb.ca/index.php/ag/article/view/1700/2066|Meguma,
BrulePictouNSFossils in sea cliffsCarboniferousIchnofossils;plants;plants-Walchia in original upright positionNS0091Collecting of loose fossil material on beach is permitted in NS, but unusual specimens must be checked and released by Nova Scotia Museum of Natural Historyhttp://museum.gov.ns.ca/fossils/sites/index.htm|,
BrulePictouNSIn fossil forestCarboniferousPictouplants-WalchiaNS0078http://www.photoguild.ns.ca/events/AGS-2006-Noel-Shore.pdf|,
Hopewell CapePictouNSSea cliffsCarboniferousplants;vertebratesNS0076Collecting of loose material on beach is permitted in NS, but unusual specimens must be checked and released by Nova Scotia Museum of Natural Historyhttp://www.photoguild.ns.ca/events/AGS-2006-Noel-Shore.pdf|,
PictouPictouNSDevonian?FossilsNS005045.678301,-62.706871,,CU|,
Isle MadameRichmondNSCambrian, Silurian, Devonian fossils in clasts in carboniferous conglomerates at both East and West Isle MadamePaleozoicfossilsNS0064http://rparticle.web-p.cisti.nrc.ca/rparticle/AbstractTemplateServlet?journal=cjes&volume=43&year=&issue=&msno=e05-110&calyLang=eng|,
YarmouthYarmouthNSnearby in generally unfossilferous rocks?Silurian,LowerWhiterockfossilsNS0072http://www.gov.ns.ca/natr/meb/pdf/04re01/04re01_White.pdf|Meguma,

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