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Swimming
Amphibian
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Trace
Maker
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Amphibian |
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Trace
Name
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Baropezia
sp.
BARE-O-PEEZ-E-A |
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Age
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Carboniferous
Period
(About 350 million years old) |
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Where
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Horton
Bluff, Nova Scotia |
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Cast
or Mold
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Mold |
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Collector
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Staff
of the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History |
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This
trackway was made by a very, very large amphibian. See how deep
the footprints are? The mud was very wet and squishy when the
amphibian walked by. It is even possible that the creature was
"swimming" in shallow water with its feet touching
the bottom.
Highest Tides Expose Longest Trackway
The tides in the Minas Basin of the Bay of Fundy are the
highest in the world. At low tide, vast amounts of shore line
are exposed at Horton Bluff, revealing 60 metres of this trackway,
the longest ever discovered in Nova Scotia. |
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