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Diligent
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Bay
of Fundy Tides Continue to Expose Nova Scotia's Past
Responding to several reports of amphibian trackways spotted
in the cliffs near Diligent River, Nova Scotia, Ken Adams (Director/Curator
of the Fundy Geological Museum) visited the area and noted five
remarkable sets of footprints, three with tail and body drags.
Fern stems and fronds, load casts, tree rootlets, drag marks
and rain drop imprints were also preserved on the surface of
the rocks. The site provides a bountiful record of the palaeo-environment
at the time the tracks were made.
The find was brought to the attention of the Nova Scotia Museum
of Natural History by the Myles McLellan family of Truro. Cody
McLellan and his father noticed the prints while canoeing along
the coast near Diligent River in the summer of 1997. Footprints
had also been reported to the Fundy Geological Museum by Wayne
Tibbetts, formerly of Diligent River.
The site is visually striking and the in situ combination of
trackways and vegetation is exceptional. The fossils paint a
detailed picture of plant and animal life in the early Upper
Carboniferous Period and will provide insights into the relationships
between amphibians and their early terrestrial habitats. |
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