Tag: Nova Scotia
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Mazon Monday #309: Herbivory is Older Than We Thought!
This is Mazon Monday post #309. What’s your favorite Mazon Creek fossil? Tell us at email:esconi.info@gmail.com. The Mann Lab at the Field Museum has been very busy. Their new paper “Carboniferous recumbirostran elucidates the origins of terrestrial herbivory” published in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution has significant implications for the Mazon Creek ecosystem. This…
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SciNews: 305-Million-Year-Old Fossil Shows Parent Caring for Its Offspring
SciNews has a piece about an ancient synapsid with evidence that it cared for its young. The animal, called Dendromaia unamakiensis, lived about 305 million years ago in what is now Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. This find consists of both an adult and an associated juvenile which were found inside a fossilized tree stump. …
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Palaeocast Episode 94: Joggins Fossil Cliffs
Palaeocast has a new episode. The topic is the Joggins Fossil Cliffs, which is a rich fossil deposit from the Carboniferous Period. The locality is in Nova Scotia, Canada and dates to about 300 million years ago, which makes it contemporary in time with Mazon Creek. There is a wide variety of fossils, both plants…
