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?NS0007|,
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 coalsNS0005|,
Nova Scotia-NSJurassicScots Bayfossils,dinosaur tracksNS0006|,
Bear RiverAnnapolisNSfossilsNS0008|,
Bear RiverAnnapolisNSfossilsNS0009|,
Annapolis ValleyAnnapolis|KingsNSTriassic-JurassicFundy GroupNon-marine fossilsNS0010|,
AntigonishAntigonishNSAt McAras BrookDevonian LowerKnoydartFossil fish-PteraspisNS0011|,
ArisaigAntigonishNSSilurianAcritarchsNS0012|,
ArisaigAntigonishNSSilurianGastropodsNS0013|,
ArisaigAntigonishNSSilurianRoss Brook?NS0014|,
ArisaigAntigonishNSSilurianStonehousetrilobite fragmentsNS0015|,
ArisaigAntigonishNSSilurianStonehousetrilobite fragments Cape George,,NS,-- -- Wilkie Brook -- Fresh water algal reefNS0016|,
ArisaigAntigonishNSSilurianStonehouse|MoydarttrilobitesNS0017|,
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,tentaculitesNS0018|,
Cape GeorgeAntigonishNSCarboniferousWilkie BrookFresh water algal reefNS0019http://www.gov.ns.ca/NATR/meb/tgi/SUM2001/SUM2001B.HTM|,
Cape GeorgeAntigonishNSDevonianMcAras BrookIchnofossils: BeaconitesNS0020|,
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 Bluffpaleoniscoid fish scalesNS0022|,
CataloneCape BretonNSCambrian LowerFosters PointBrachiopods -- Micromitra,Obolus,Paterina (20)NS0023|,
Catalone RiverCape BretonNSCambrian LowerBrigustrilobitesNS0024|,
FlorenceCape BretonNSCanada in Pennsylvanian shalesPennsylvanianPlants - Annularia,NeuropterisNS0025|,
Point EdwardCape BretonNS6.4km NW of Sydney between Point Edward and Keating CoveMississippianPoint Edwardvertebrates-SpathicephalusNS0026|,
Table HeadCape BretonNSPennsylvanianSydney Coalfieldplants,arthropods,rarely fishNS0027|,
BruleColchesterNSPennsylvanian-PermiantrackwaysNS0029|,
BruleColchesterNShttp://www.tata.ns.ca/Brule_Fossils.htmlPennsylvanian-Permiantrackways,plantsNS0030|,
TatamagoucheColchesterNSfossil trackways displayedNS0031|,
Diligent RiverCumberlandNSPennsylvaniantrackways,plantsNS0032|,
JogginsCumberlandNSPennsylvanianAmphibians - Eosaurus,Microsaurs,Limnoscelids,Labyrinthodonts,NS0033|,
JogginsCumberlandNSPennsylvanianvertebrates-Dendrerpeton,Dendryazouza,HyperpetonNS0034|,
JogginsCumberlandNSPennsylvanian-lateramphibians,etc.NS0035|,
JogginsCumberlandNSfrom West Ragged Reef to MinudiePennsylvanianJogginsAmphibians,bivalves,reptiles,coal,plants,tracksNS0036|,
JogginsCumberlandNSin 4000 meters ofPennsylvanian-PermianJogginsPlants - Lepidodendron,Sigillaria; Early Tetrapods --DendrerpetonNS0037|,
Lower CoveCumberlandNSOn Chignecto Bay in sea cliffs in a good carboniferous sectionCarboniferousLittle River-http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-143773110.html|,
ParrsboroCumberlandNSTriassic-JurassicMcCoy BrookTrackways,reptile remainsNS0038|,
ParrsboroCumberlandNSW shore of Parrsboro Inlet. S of Whitehall Creek and 100m N of small point N of Pinky's PointPennsylvanianParrsboroamphibians-Haplolepis,tracksNS0039|,
S. JogginsCumberlandNSPennsylvanianplant CalamitesNS0040|,
East MilfordHalifaxNSIn a gypsum minePleistocenemastodon,beaver,frog bones,freshwater pelecypod and gastropodsNS0041|,
Blue BeachHantsNSMississippianHorton BluffAcanthoid trialsNS0042|,
Blue BeachHantsNSAcanthoid trials?NS0043|,
Burncote LighthouseHantsNSTriassicWolfvilleReptile bones-HesperosuchusNS0052|,
Grand EtangInvernessNSAlong shore to SMississippianPomquetvertebrates-SagenodusNS0045|,
Port HoodInvernessNSin PennsylvanianPennsylvanianvery early reptiles: RomeriscusNS0046|,
Evangeline BeachKingsNSCanteen siteTriassicWolfvilleReptile bonesNS0053|,
Evangeline BeachKingsNSE end of beachTriassicWolfvilleReptile bonesNS0054|,
Horton BluffKingsNSMississippianHorton Bluffvertebrates,trace fossils,NS0049|,
PictouPictouNSDevonian?FossilsNS0050|,

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