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Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada
Formation | Pictou |
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Age: | 359 - 307 Ma Paleozoic |
Interval | Carboniferous - Westphalian |
Number of Collections | 1 |
Number of Occurrences | 1 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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Canso Series | Nova Scotia, Canada | Pictou |
Associated Units
Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
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Canso | 359 - 315 Ma Paleozoic | sandstone/mudstone | 2 |
Cumberland | 359 - 307 Ma Paleozoic | 11 | |
Stellarton | 359 - 307 Ma Paleozoic | 22 |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Sphenopteris sp. genus | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Lyginopteridaceae : Sphenopteris | 358.9 - 306.95 Ma Paleozoic |
References
Bell W. A. (1940) The Pictou Coalfield, Nova Scotia, Canada Geologic Survey Memoir 225 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!