Version 2509 current as of SEP 2025.
| Location | County | State/Province | Directions,Notes | Age | Formation | Fossils | Site ID | Comments | Reference | Lat-Long | | | Spare1 | Spare2 | Spare3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | NS | Regional outcrops of Lower Kentville formation inland and parallel to Bay of Fundy in graptolitic shales | S | Kentville | invertebrates-graptolites | NS0067 | http://journals.hil.unb.ca/index.php/ag/article/view/1813/2177 | 44.5544,-65.6104,,AFf14 | | | Meguma | $*NS0068 | ||
| - | - | NS | Regional outcrops of Torbrook formation inland and parallel to Bay of Fundy | D | Torbrook | invertebrates(?)(abundant) | NS0068 | http://journals.hil.unb.ca/index.php/ag/article/view/1813/2177 | 44.5544,-65.6104,,AHh14 | | | Meguma | $*NS0067 | ||
| -? | - | NS | Mississippian lakebed and near shore deposits from Nova Scotia. ichnofossils | M | Horton Bluff(NS) | ? | NS0007 | 45.3600,-61.4942,,AHh15? | | | $* | ||||
| Cape Breton Island | - | NS | C | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita | NS0001 | 46.2672,-60.3809,,AGg14? | | | $*NS0003 | ||||||
| Cape Breton Island | - | NS | CR | plants(good) | NS0002 | 46.1349,-60.1908,location:Sydney.NS,AGg14? | | | *$NS0005,NS0061 | ||||||
| Cape Breton Island | - | NS | M | Fisset Brook | plants | NS0003 | 46.2672,-60.3809,,AGg14? | | | $*NS0001 | |||||
| Central Mainland Nova Scotia | - | NS | Mu | Kennetcook,Herbert River Limestones | invertebrates(bioherm)(reef) | NS0004 | 45.0658,-63.4350,,AFf14? | | | $* | |||||
| Nova Scotia | - | NS | J | Scots Bay | vertebrates-reptilia-dinosauria(tracks) | NS0006 | 45.3753,-64.3524,,AFf14? | | | $* | |||||
| Nova Scotia | - | NS | K | plants(coal)(lignite) | NS0005 | 46.1349,-60.1908,location:Sydney.NS,AGg14? | | | *$NS0002,NS0061 | ||||||
| Bear River | Annapolis | NS | N and East in Bear River-Clementsville(Clementsvale?) area | Dl | Torbrook | invertebrates-mollusks | NS0070 | http://www.gov.ns.ca/natr/meb/pdf/04re01/04re01_White.pdf | 44.5978,-65.60,,AFk43 | | | Meguma | $* | ||
| Bear River | Annapolis | NS | nearby | S | Whiterock | invertebrates-mollusks | NS0071 | http://www.gov.ns.ca/natr/meb/pdf/04re01/04re01_White.pdf | 44.5760,-65.6405,,AFk43 | | | Meguma | *$NS0008,NS0009,NS0094 | ||
| Bear River | Annapolis | NS | invertebrates-mollusks | NS0009 | 44.5760,-65.6405,,AFk43 | | | *$NS0008,NS0071,NS0094 | |||||||
| Bear River | Annapolis? | NS | In shales and sandstones | D | Torbrook | invertebrates(abundant)-arthropoda-trilobita;brachiopoda,cnidaria-corals;mollusks-gastropoda;(others),;plants | NS0094 | http://journals.hil.unb.ca/index.php/ag/article/viewFile/1825/2189 | 44.5760,-65.6405,,AFk43 | | | *$NS0008,NS0009,NS0071 | |||
| Messenger Brook | Annapolis | NS | In shales and sandstones | D | Torbrook | invertebrates(abundant)-arthropoda-trilobita;brachiopoda,cnidaria-corals;mollusks-gastropoda;(others),;plants | NS0096 | Note Torobrook Mines is E of Nictaux | http://journals.hil.unb.ca/index.php/ag/article/viewFile/1825/2189 | 44.8166,-65.3479,,AFk43 | | | $* | ||
| Nictaux | Annapolis | NS | In iron ore deposits | D | invertebrates-mollusks | NS0099 | http://www.archive.org/stream/reminiscencesamo00westuoft/reminiscencesamo00westuoft_djvu.txt | 44.9335,-65.0503,,AFk43 | | | $* | ||||
| Annapolis Valley | Annapolis|Kings | NS | TR-J | Fundy Group | invertebrates(non_marine) | NS0010 | 45.0001,-64.9155,,AFk43 | | | $* | |||||
| Antigonish(McArasBrk) | Antigonish | NS | At McAras Brook | Dl | Knoydart | vertebrates-fish-heterostraci-Pteraspis | NS0011 | 45.6232,-62.0023,,AFk43 | | | $* | ||||
| Arisaig | Antigonish | NS | Classic Silurian section in Sea Cliffs at Provincial Park. Subset of 47 million year Paleozoic section from Arisaig Point to McAras Brook | S | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita;brachiopoda,echinoderms-crinoids;graptolites,mollusks-bivalvia,cephalopoda,gastropoda-pteropoda-tentaculitida | NS0018 | 45.7571,-62.1719,,AFk43 | | | *$NS0012,NS0013,NS0014,NS0015,NS0016,NS0017,NS0088 | |||||
| Arisaig | Antigonish | NS | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita(fragments) Cape George | S | Stonehouse | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita(fragments) | NS0016 | 45.7571,-62.1719,,AFk43 | | | *$NS0012,NS0013,NS0014,NS0015,NS0017,NS0018,NS0088 | ||||
| Arisaig | Antigonish | NS | S | Ross Brook | ? | NS0014 | 45.7571,-62.1719,,AFk43 | | | *$NS0012,NS0013,NS0015,NS0016,NS0017,NS0018,NS0088 | |||||
| Arisaig | Antigonish | NS | S | Stonehouse | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita(fragments) | NS0015 | 45.7571,-62.1719,,AFk43 | | | *$NS0012,NS0013,NS0014,NS0016,NS0017,NS0018,NS0088 | |||||
| Arisaig | Antigonish | NS | S | Stonehouse,Moydart | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita | NS0017 | 45.7571,-62.1719,,AFk43 | | | *$NS0012,NS0013,NS0014,NS0015,NS0016,NS0018,NS0088 | |||||
| Arisaig | Antigonish | NS | S | invertebrates-mollusks-gastropoda | NS0013 | 45.7571,-62.1719,,AFk43 | | | *$NS0012,NS0014,NS0015,NS0016,NS0017,NS0018,NS0088 | ||||||
| Arisaig | Antigonish | NS | S | microorganisms-acritarchs | NS0012 | 45.7571,-62.1719,,AFk43 | | | *$NS0013,NS0014,NS0015,NS0016,NS0017,NS0018,NS0088 | ||||||
| Arisaig(ArasaigPt-W) | Antigonish | NS | In sea cliffs W of Arisaig Point accessible from Arisaig Provincial Picnic Park | S | invertebrates(?)(abundant) | NS0088 | Collecting of loose fossil material on beach is permitted in NS, but unusual specimens must be checked and released by Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History | http://museum.gov.ns.ca/fossils/sites/index.htm | 45.7571,-62.1719,,AFk43 | | | *$NS0012,NS0013,NS0014,NS0015,NS0016,NS0017,NS0018 | |||
| Cape George | Antigonish | NS | Fresh water algal reef | CR | Wilkie Brook | microfossils-stromatolites | NS0019 | http://www.gov.ns.ca/NATR/meb/tgi/SUM2001/SUM2001B.HTM | 45.833,-61.925,,AFk43 | | | *$NS0020,NS0066 | |||
| Cape George | Antigonish | NS | D | McAras Brook | ichnofossils-burrows_invertebrate-Beaconites | NS0020 | 45.833,-61.925,,AFk43 | | | *$NS0019,NS0066 | |||||
| Cape George | Antigonish | NS | O | invertebrates-graptolites | NS0066 | The Acadian Orogeny: Recent Studies in New England, Maritime ... Google Books | 45.833,-61.925,,AFk43 | | | Avalon? | *$NS0019,NS0020 | ||||
| Marsby Hope | Antigonish | NS | Marsby Hope appears to be on RR between New Glasgow and Antigonish about 6.4km W of James River | S | invertebrates-mollusks | NS0060 | An American Geological Railway Guide p57 | 45.585,-62.22,,AFk43 | | | $* | ||||
| McCaras Brook | Antigonish | NS | 4.8km SW of Arasaig from small knoll W of McCaras Brook and 130m S of shore road. rare fossils in redbeds and many partial fossils in pellet bed | D | Knoydart | vertebrates-fish-acanthodii-Onchus;heterostraci-Pteraspis;osteostraci-Cephalaspis | NS0104 | http://www.archive.org/stream/earlydevonianver3717deni/earlydevonianver3717deni_djvu.txt | 45.7254,-62.2156,,AFk43 | | | *$NS0102,NS0103 | |||
| McCaras Brook | Antigonish | NS | in freshwater redbeds similar to the European Old Red Sandstone along the 5km of road S to Dumaglass | D | Knoydart | vertebrates-fish | NS0102 | http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mnh/nature/nhns2/300/312.htm | 45.7254,-62.2156,,AFk43 | | | *$NS0103,NS0104 | |||
| McCaras Brook | Antigonish | NS | rare fossils on W bank of McCaras Brook at shore road | D | Knoydart | vertebrates-fish-acanthodii-Onchus;heterostraci-Pteraspis;osteostraci-Cephalaspis;pteraspidomorphi-Psammosteus | NS0103 | http://www.archive.org/stream/earlydevonianver3717deni/earlydevonianver3717deni_djvu.txt | 45.7254,-62.2156,,AFk43 | | | *$NS0102,NS0104 | |||
| Sydney | Antigonish | NS | In clays interbedded with coal | plants-lycopodiophyta-Stigmaria;pteridophyta-equisetales-Calamites | NS0061 | An American Geological Railway Guide p82 | 46.1349,-60.1908,,AFk43 | | | *$NS0002,NS0005 | |||||
| Sydney Coalfield | Antigonish | NS | Along coast of Cape Breton Is from Cape Dauphin east to Morien Bay | CR | plants-gymnospermopsida-Sigillaria;lycopodiophyta-Lepidodendron,Stigmaria;pteridophyta-equisetales-Calamites;;(others) | NS0021 | 46.255,-60.08,,AFh44 | | | *$NS0077,NS0093 | |||||
| Sydney(NE_sea_cliffs) | Antigonish | NS | Fossils associated with coal in sea cliffs for 50km betwwen Cape Dauphin and Morien Bay | CR | ichnofossils,plants-gymnospermopsida-Sigillaria;lycopodiophyta-Lepidodendron,Stigmaria;pteridophyta-equisetales-Calamites;;(others) | NS0093 | Collecting of loose fossil material on beach is permitted in NS, but unusual specimens must be checked and released by Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History | http://museum.gov.ns.ca/fossils/sites/index.htm | 46.255,-60.08,,AFk43 | | | *$NS0021,NS0077 | |||
| Sydney(NW_sea_cliffs) | Antigonish | NS | Sea cliffs | CR | plants,vertebrates | NS0077 | Collecting of loose material on beach is permitted in NS, but unusual specimens must be checked and released by Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History | http://www.photoguild.ns.ca/events/AGS-2006-Noel-Shore.pdf | 46.255,-60.08,,AFk43 | | | *$NS0021,NS0093 | |||
| Cap Rouge? | Cape Breton | NS | in Mississippian shales | M | Horton Bluff(NS) | vertebrates-fish-actinopterygii-palaeoniscidae;(scales) | NS0022 | Could possibly be a reference to Red Head E of Five Islands, Cumberland County (45.3836,-64.0712) | 45.575,-60.745,,AFm73? | | | $* | |||
| Cape Breton | Cape Breton | NS | O | invertebrates-graptolites | NS0098 | Annual Report Geological Survey of Canada 1889 http://books.google.com/books?output=html&id=5ZYMAAAAYAAJ | 46.0,-60.94,,AFf15? | | | $* | |||||
| Catalone | Cape Breton | NS | Cl | Fosters Point | invertebrates-brachiopoda-Micromitra,Obolus,Paterina | NS0023 | 45.9861,-59.9926,,AFm73 | | | $*NS0024 | |||||
| Catalone River | Cape Breton | NS | Cl | Brigus | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita | NS0024 | 45.9892,-59.996,,AFm73? | | | $*NS0023 | |||||
| Florence | Cape Breton | NS | In Pennsylvanian shales | PN | plants-gymnospermopsida-Neuropteris;pteridophyta-Annularia | NS0025 | 46.2558,-60.2617,,AFm73 | | | $* | |||||
| Georges River | Cape Breton | NS | Near Bras d'Or Bay | C | invertebrates-brachiopoda-Lingula,Obolella;hyolitha-Hyolithes | NS0100 | http://www.archive.org/stream/reminiscencesamo00westuoft/reminiscencesamo00westuoft_djvu.txt | 46.188,-60.3671,,AFk43 | | | $* | ||||
| Point Aconi | Cape Breton | NS | In shales on beach | PN | Pictou | plants(abundant)-pteridophyta-Sphenophyllum | NS0097 | http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mnh/nature/nhns2/500/531.htm | 46.3326,-60.2962,,AFm73 | | | $* | |||
| Point Edward | Cape Breton | NS | 6.4km NW of Sydney between Point Edward and Keating Cove | M | Point Edward | vertebrates-amphibia-Spathicephalus | NS0026 | 46.1845,-60.2262,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||
| Sydney Mines(SydneyMinesHeritageMus) | Cape Breton | NS | Sydney Mines Heritage Museum and Cape Breton Fossil Centre. Historical museum in coal mining area with plant fossils at Cape Breton Fossil Center. 159 Legatto Street,Sydney Mines,B1V 5S6 (902)544-0992 smheritage@ns.aliantzinc.ca. Seasonal-May-Sept | NS0108 | https://www.sydneyminesheritage.ca/ | 46.2447,-60.2328,,AKm72 | | | , | ||||||
| Table Head | Cape Breton | NS | PN | Sydney Coalfield | invertebrates-arthropoda;plants,vertebrates-fish(uncommon) | NS0027 | 46.2164,-59.9541,,AFm73 | | | $* | |||||
| Brule | Colchester | NS | Fossils in sea cliffs. Walchia in original upright position | CR | ichnofossils,plants-gymnospermopsida-coniferophyta-Walchia | NS0091 | Collecting of loose fossil material on beach is permitted in NS, but unusual specimens must be checked and released by Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History | http://museum.gov.ns.ca/fossils/sites/index.htm | 45.7452,-63.1754,,AFm73? | | | *$NS0029,NS0030,NS0078 | |||
| Brule | Colchester | NS | In fossil forest | CR | Pictou | plants-gymnospermopsida-coniferophyta-Walchia | NS0078 | http://www.photoguild.ns.ca/events/AGS-2006-Noel-Shore.pdf | 45.7452,-63.1754,,AFm73? | | | *$NS0029,NS0030,NS0091 | |||
| Brule | Colchester | NS | http://www.tata.ns.ca/Brule_Fossils.html | PN-P | plants,vertebrates(trackways) | NS0030 | 45.7452,-63.1754,,AFm73? | | | *$NS0029,NS0031,NS0078,NS0091 | |||||
| Brule | Colchester | NS | PN-P | vertebrates(trackways) | NS0029 | Along shore. Access from fossil center in old school house? | 45.7452,-63.1754,,AFm73? | | | *$NS0030,NS0078,NS0091 | |||||
| Five Islands(BlueSac) | Colchester | NS | At Blue Sac in paleotalus | J | McCoy Brook | vertebrates | NS0079 | Collecting of loose fossil material on beach is permitted in NS, but unusual specimens must be checked and released by Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History | http://www.photoguild.ns.ca/events/AGS-2006-Noel-Shore.pdf | 45.404,-64.116,,AFm73 | | | $* | ||
| Riversdale? | Colchester? | NS | invertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia-Naiadites | NS0059 | Entered as Riverdale, Digby County | An American Geological Railway Guide p54 | 45.4238,-63.0445,,AFm73 | | | $*NS0101 | |||||
| Riversdale(rr) | Colchester | NS | Near the RR station in RR cut | CR | invertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia-Naiadites;;;plants-gymnospermopsida-coniferophyta-Cordaites;Neuropteris,;pteridophyta-equisetales-Calamites | NS0101 | http://www.archive.org/stream/reminiscencesamo00westuoft/reminiscencesamo00westuoft_djvu.txt | 45.4238,-63.0445,,AFm73 | | | $*NS0059 | ||||
| Tatamagouche(Brule?) | Colchester | NS | fossil trackways displayed | vertebrates(trackways) | NS0031 | Same site as Brule? | 45.7121,-63.2920,,AFm73? | | | *$NS0030 | |||||
| Diligent River | Cumberland | NS | nearby in sea cliffs | CR | plants,vertebrates(trackways) | NS0087 | Collecting of loose fossil material on beach is permitted in NS, but unusual specimens must be checked and released by Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History | http://museum.gov.ns.ca/fossils/sites/diligent/index.htm | 45.3824,-64.4454,,AFm73 | | | *$NS0032 | |||
| Diligent River | Cumberland | NS | PN | plants,vertebrates(trackways) | NS0032 | 45.4127,-64.4595,,AFm73 | | | $*NS0087 | ||||||
| Joggins | Cumberland | NS | Fossils in sea cliffs. trees in original upright position | CR | ichnofossils,plants(trees),vertebrates | NS0090 | Collecting of loose fossil material on beach is permitted in NS, but unusual specimens must be checked and released by Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History | http://museum.gov.ns.ca/fossils/sites/index.htm | 45.6923,-64.4514,,AFm73 | | | *$NS0033,NS0034,NS0035,NS0036,NS0037,NS0040,NS0074 | |||
| Joggins | Cumberland | NS | Sea cliffs | CR | plants,vertebrates | NS0074 | Collecting of loose material on beach is permitted in NS, but unusual specimens must be checked and released by Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History | http://www.photoguild.ns.ca/events/AGS-2006-Noel-Shore.pdf | 45.6923,-64.4514,,AFm73 | | | *$NS0033,NS0034,NS0035,NS0036,NS0037,NS0040,NS0090 | |||
| Joggins | Cumberland | NS | from West Ragged Reef to Minudie | PN | Joggins | invertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia;;plants(coal),vertebrates(tracks)-amphibia,reptilia | NS0036 | Ragged Reef is a Km or so SW of Joggins. Minudie is 5km or so NNE | 45.6923,-64.4514,,AFm73 | | | *$NS0033,NS0034,NS0035,NS0037,NS0040,NS0074,NS0090 | |||
| Joggins | Cumberland | NS | in 4000 meters of Upper Paleozoic sediment | PN-P | Joggins | plants-gymnospermopsida-Sigillaria;lycopodiophyta-Lepidodendron;;vertebrates-amphibia-temnospondyli-Dendrerpeton | NS0037 | 45.6923,-64.4514,,AFm73 | | | *$NS0033,NS0034,NS0035,NS0036,NS0040,NS0074,NS0090 | ||||
| Joggins | Cumberland | NS | PN | vertebrates-amphibia-(Labyrinthodontia),lepospondyli-microsauria;;limnoscelidae,reptilia-Eosaurus | NS0033 | 45.6923,-64.4514,,AFm73 | | | *$NS0034,NS0035,NS0036,NS0037,NS0040,NS0074,NS0090 | ||||||
| Joggins | Cumberland | NS | PN | vertebrates-amphibia-temnospondyli-Dendrerpeton;;fish-osteostraci-Hyperpeton | NS0034 | dubious genus Dendryazouza = Dendrerpeton? also in original | 45.6923,-64.4514,,AFm73 | | | *$NS0033,NS0035,NS0036,NS0037,NS0040,NS0074,NS0090 | |||||
| Joggins | Cumberland | NS | PNu | vertebrates-amphibia,(others) | NS0035 | 45.6923,-64.4514,,AFm73 | | | *$NS0033,NS0034,NS0036,NS0037,NS0040,NS0074,NS0090 | ||||||
| Joggins(JogginsFossCtr) | Cumberland | NS | Joggins Fossil Centre,100 Main Street,Joggins NS B0L 1A0,Canada. 1 (888) 932-9766, Fax: 1-902-251-2502. Open Summers. Probably has some exhibits of local Carboniferous fossils. | NS0106 | https://jogginsfossilcliffs.net/ | 45.6945,-64.4494,,AKm72 | | | , | ||||||
| Lower Cove(ChignectoBay) | Cumberland | NS | On Chignecto Bay in sea cliffs in a good carboniferous section | CR | Little River | - | NS0055 | http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-143773110.html | 45.7169,-64.4320,,AFl73 | | | $* | |||
| Parrsboro | Cumberland | NS | TR-J | McCoy Brook | vertebrates-reptilia(remains)(trackways) | NS0038 | 45.4053,-64.3251,,AFm73 | | | $*NS0039 | |||||
| Parrsboro(FundyGeoMus) | Cumberland | NS | Fundy Geological Museum, Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Canada. 162 Two Islands Rd, Parrsboro, NS B0M 1S0, Canada (902)254-3814. Admission fee. Beach tours | invertebrates-arthropoda(dragonflies);vertebrates-reptilia-dinosauria | NS0109 | 45.3994,-64.88454,,AKm72 | | | , | ||||||
| Parrsboro(SW) | Cumberland | NS | W shore of Parrsboro Inlet. S of Whitehall Creek and 100m N of small point N of Pinky's Point | PN | Parrsboro | vertebrates-amphibia(tracks),fish-actinopterygii-palaeoniscidae-Haplolepis | NS0039 | 45.3896,-64.3286,,AFl73 | | | $*NS0038 | ||||
| Parrsboro(Wasson Bluff) | Cumberland | NS | Fossils in sea cliff below Wasson Bluff | J | vertebrates | NS0092 | Collecting of loose fossil material on beach is permitted in NS, but unusual specimens must be checked and released by Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History | http://museum.gov.ns.ca/fossils/sites/index.htm | 45.3936,-64.2387,,AJm73 | | | $*NS0080 | |||
| S. Joggins | Cumberland | NS | South Joggins is a 19th century name for Joggins (a joggins is an encampment) | PN | plants-pteridophyta-equisetales-Calamites | NS0040 | 45.6923,-64.4514,,AFm73 | | | *$NS0033,NS0034,NS0035,NS0036,NS0037,NS0074,NS0090 | |||||
| Wasson Bluff | Cumberland | NS | J | McCoy Brook | vertebrates | NS0080 | Collecting of loose fossil material on beach is permitted in NS, but unusual specimens must be checked and released by Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History | http://www.photoguild.ns.ca/events/AGS-2006-Noel-Shore.pdf | 45.3936,-64.2387,,AJm73 | | | $*NS0092 | |||
| Wentworth(rr) | Digby | NS | 144km from Halifax on Intercolonial RR | S | invertebrates-mollusks | NS0058 | An American Geological Railway Guide p52 | 45.6084,-63.5620,,AFl73? | | | $* | ||||
| East Milford | Halifax | NS | In a gypsum mine | PE | invertebrates-mollusks(freshwater)-bivalvia,gastropoda;;vertebrates(bones)-amphibia-(frogs);mammals-proboscidea-Mammut;rodentia-castoridae(beavers) | NS0041 | 45.0132,-63.4181,,AFm73? | | | $* | |||||
| Halifax(NSMusNatHist) | Halifax | NS | Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History. 1747 Summer St, Halifax, NS B3H 3A6, Canada, (902)424-7353. Carboniferous and Holocene fossils | NS0110 | https://naturalhistory.novascotia.ca/ | 44.6456,-63.5870,,AKm72 | | | , | ||||||
| Halifax(Waverley Mine) | Halifax | NS | At Waverly Mine | Cl? | ichnofossils-ichno_misc-Astropolithon | NS0056 | An American Geological Railway Guide p52 | 44.7854,-63.5981,,AIm73? | | | $* | ||||
| Tangier Harbor | Halifax | NS | near head in roadcut, poorly preserved graptolites | O? | Goldenville | invertebrates-graptolites-Didymograptus | NS0063 | http://journals.hil.unb.ca/index.php/ag/article/viewFile/1814/2178 | 44.8038,-62.7036,,AFm73 | | | $* | |||
| Windsor Junction(rr) | Halifax | NS | 20.8km from Halifax on Intercolonial RR in limestones | CR | invertebrates-mollusks | NS0057 | An American Geological Railway Guide p52 | 44.7932,-63.6426,,AFm73 | | | $* | ||||
| Burncoat Head | Hants | NS | in red beds | CR | Wolfville | vertebrates | NS0085 | http://www.photoguild.ns.ca/events/AGS-2006-Noel-Shore.pdf | 45.3019,-63.8131,,AFm73 | | | $*NS0052 | |||
| Burncoat Lighthouse | Hants | NS | TR | Wolfville | vertebrates-reptilia(bones)-sauropsida-Hesperosuchus | NS0052 | 45.3115,-63.8059,,AFm73? | | | $*NS0085 | |||||
| Cheverie | Hants | NS | in gypsum beds | CR | Windsor(NB) | microfossils-stromatolites | NS0086 | http://www.photoguild.ns.ca/events/AGS-2006-Noel-Shore.pdf | 45.1571,-64.1754,,AFm73 | | | $* | |||
| Milford | Hants | NS | PE | vertebrates-mammals-proboscidea-Mastodon | NS0081 | Same as Mastodon ridge at Steiwiacke? Note that there are several 'Milford's in Nova Scotia. The largest is N of Halifax on the boundary between Hants and Halifax Counties | http://www.photoguild.ns.ca/events/AGS-2006-Noel-Shore.pdf | 45.0418,-63.4385,,AFm73? | | | $* | ||||
| Newport Landing | Hants | NS | CR | Miller Creek | invertebrates-brachiopoda,bryozoa,echinoderms-crinoids;mollusks-bivalvia,gastropoda | NS0084 | Collecting of loose fossil material on beach is permitted in NS, but unusual specimens must be checked and released by Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History | http://www.photoguild.ns.ca/events/AGS-2006-Noel-Shore.pdf | 45.0205,-64.1289,,AFm73 | | | $* | |||
| Rainy Cove(Pembroke) | Hants | NS | In Blue Beach member of Horton Formation | D | Horton Bluff(NS) | invertebrates-arthropoda-crustacea-ostracoda;;;plants,vertebrates-fish(fragments) | NS0083 | Collecting of loose fossil material on beach is permitted in NS, but unusual specimens must be checked and released by Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History | http://www.photoguild.ns.ca/events/AGS-2006-Noel-Shore.pdf | 45.2209,-64.0688,,AFm73 | | | $* | ||
| Grand Etang(SW) | Inverness | NS | Along shore to S | M | Pomquet | vertebrates-fish-sarcopterygii-dipnoi-Sagenodus | NS0045 | 46.5359,-61.0642,,AFm73 | | | $* | ||||
| Port Hood | Inverness | NS | very early Reptilia in Pennsylvanian rocks | PN | vertebrates-reptilia-Romeriscus | NS0046 | 46.0168,-61.5318,,AFm73 | | | $* | |||||
| Avonport(BlueBchFossMus) | Kings | NS | Blue Beach Fossil Museum. 127 Blue Beach Road,Hantsport,NS (902)790-9541. info@bluebeachfossilmuseum.com. Vertebrate fossils and tracks from local Carboniferous rocks. | P | ichnofossils,vertebrates-amphibia,fish | NS0111 | https://bluebeachfossilmuseum.com/ | 45.0987,-66.4566,,AKm72 | | | , | ||||
| Blue Beach | Kings | NS | Acanthoid trials | ? | NS0043 | 45.1001,-64.2154,,AFm73 | | | *$NS0042,NS0049,NS0075,NS0082,NS0089,NS0105 | ||||||
| Blue Beach | Kings | NS | In Blue Beach member of Horton Formation | D | Horton Bluff(NS) | invertebrates-arthropoda-crustacea-ostracoda;;;plants,vertebrates-fish(fragments) | NS0082 | Collecting of loose fossil material on beach is permitted in NS, but unusual specimens must be checked and released by Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History | http://www.photoguild.ns.ca/events/AGS-2006-Noel-Shore.pdf | 45.1001,-64.2154,,AFm73 | | | *$NS0042,NS0043,NS0049,NS0075,NS0089,NS0105 | ||
| Blue Beach | Kings | NS | Sea cliffs | CR | plants,vertebrates | NS0075 | Collecting of loose material on beach is permitted in NS, but unusual specimens must be checked and released by Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History | http://www.photoguild.ns.ca/events/AGS-2006-Noel-Shore.pdf | 45.1001,-64.2154,,AFm73 | | | *$NS0042,NS0043,NS0049,NS0082,NS0089,NS0105 | |||
| Blue Beach | Kings | NS | M | Horton Bluff(NS) | vertebrates-fish-acanthodii(tracks) | NS0042 | 45.1001,-64.2154,,AFm73 | | | *$NS0043,NS0049,NS0075,NS0082,NS0089,NS0105 | |||||
| Evangeline Beach | Kings | NS | Canteen site | TR | Wolfville | vertebrates-reptilia(bones) | NS0053 | 45.1364,-64.2993,,AFm73 | | | $*NS0054 | ||||
| Evangeline Beach(E) | Kings | NS | E end of beach | TR | Wolfville | vertebrates-reptilia(bones) | NS0054 | 45.1364,-64.2993,,AFm73 | | | $*NS0053 | ||||
| Horton Bluff | Kings | NS | Outcrops of Horton Bluff and Albert formations | M | Albert,Horton Bluff(NS) | vertebrates-fish-acanthodii-Acanthodes,Gyracanthides;actinopterygii-Acrolepis,palaeoniscidae-Elonichthys,Palaeoniscus,Rhadinichthys;;chondrichthyes-elasmobranchii-Stethacanthus,symmoriida;;sarcopterygii-dipnoi,Letognathus;(tetrapoda);reptilia-rhizodonta | NS0105 | http://www.pnas.org/content/suppl/2010/05/05/0914000107.DCSupplemental/sapp.pdf | 45.1001,-64.216,,AFm73 | | | *$NS0042,NS0043,NS0049,NS0075,NS0082,NS0089 | |||
| Horton Bluff | Kings | NS | The attraction here is a long trackway in the shore rock below the bluff | CR | ichnofossils | NS0089 | Collecting of loose fossil material on beach is permitted in NS, but unusual specimens must be checked and released by Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History | http://museum.gov.ns.ca/fossils/sites/index.htm | 45.1001,-64.216,,AFm73 | | | *$NS0042,NS0043,NS0049,NS0075,NS0082,NS0105 | |||
| Horton Bluff | Kings | NS | M | Horton Bluff(NS) | ichnofossils,vertebrates | NS0049 | 45.1001,-64.216,,AFm73 | | | *$NS0042,NS0043,NS0075,NS0082,NS0089,NS0105 | |||||
| Kentville(SE3) | Kings | NS | 3.5km SE at top of sequence of exposures on Elderkin Brook in green graptolitic shales | S | Kentville | invertebrates-graptolites | NS0073 | http://www.aber.ac.uk/~glawww/epgr/15_north_america_phanerozoic_.691_to_717.pdf | 45.0461,-64.4659,,AFl73 | | | Meguma | $* | ||
| Spinney Brook | Kings | NS | In shales and sandstones. Localities are S of Kingston. See Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists (Eastern Section) Field Trip 1975, Stop 3 | D | Torbrook | invertebrates(abundant)-arthropoda-trilobita;brachiopoda,cnidaria-corals;mollusks-gastropoda;(others),;plants | NS0095 | http://journals.hil.unb.ca/index.php/ag/article/viewFile/1825/2189 http://etcdev.hil.unb.ca/ojs-2.2.2/index.php/ag/article/viewFile/1812/2176 | 44.9235,-64.9477,,AFm73 | | | $* | |||
| Wolfville | Kings | NS | nearby just below the Halifax,Whiterock formations(?) boundary | O | Halifax | invertebrates-graptolites-Dictyonema | NS0062 | http://journals.hil.unb.ca/index.php/ag/article/viewFile/1814/2178 | 45.0541,-64.4156,,AFl73? | | | $* | |||
| High Head? | Lunenburg | NS | in local exposures of green shales | C | Goldenville | ichnofossils-burrows_invertebrate-Oldhamia(abundant) | NS0069 | There appear to be several High Head's in NS. The one used is near Prospect SW of Halifax. Another is at the top of the Wentworth Ski Area in Cumberland County near Truro. | http://www.gov.ns.ca/natr/meb/pdf/04re01/04re01_White.pdf | 44.4789,-63.8066,,AFm73 | | | Meguma | $* | |
| Mahone Bay | Lunenburg | NS | In 44cm bed on Tancook Is, Trilobite and Echinoderm fragments. There are two Tancook Islands--assume Big Tancook | C | Goldenville | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita;echinoderms | NS0065 | http://journals.hil.unb.ca/index.php/ag/article/view/1700/2066 | 44.4572, -64.1634,,AFm73 | | | Meguma | $* | ||
| Pictou | Pictou | NS | D? | invertebrates-mollusks | NS0050 | 45.6783,-62.7069,,AFm73 | | | $* | ||||||
| Isle Madame | Richmond | NS | Cambrian, Silurian, Devonian fossils in clasts in carboniferous conglomerates at both East and West Isle Madame | PZ | invertebrates-mollusks | NS0064 | http://rparticle.web-p.cisti.nrc.ca/rparticle/AbstractTemplateServlet?journal=cjes&volume=43&year=&issue=&msno=e05-110&calyLang=eng | 45.5453,-61.0352,,AFk33 | | | $* | ||||
| ? | Victoria? | NS | At Geodetic Survey Bench Mark 86N241 | Cl | Cuslett | incertidae-Chancelloria,Coleoloides,Sunnaginia,tommotiida-Eccentrotheca;;invertebrates-brachiopoda-Micromitra,Paterina;hyolitha-Hyolithellus,Torellella;mollusks-Halkieria | NS0028 | Cuslett formation is known to be exposed at McKinnon's Brook | 45.955,-60.886,,AFk74? | | | $* | |||
| Barrasois River | Victoria? | NS | Not clear where this is. There are no modern references to the Barrasois River. Indian Brook may be in the Barrasois River Valley. There is an Indian Brook in Cape Breton Is. and its Loc is used. Trilobites and graptolites in black shales | Cu | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita-Olenidae;;graptolites-Dictyonema | NS0107 | BullNYSM-69 | 48.8559,-67.5751,,AKm74? | | | , | ||||
| Yarmouth | Yarmouth | NS | nearby in generally unfossilferous rocks? | Sl | Whiterock | invertebrates-mollusks | NS0072 | http://www.gov.ns.ca/natr/meb/pdf/04re01/04re01_White.pdf | 43.8356,-66.1150,,AFm73 | | | Meguma | $* |
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