Category: Updates
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Coastal Erosion and Drawing
The Wasson Bluff site is designated under the Special Places Protection Act (1989) as a protected place that prohibits any collection of fossils or minerals without obtaining a Heritage Research Permit. The following work was carried out under an approved Heritage Research Permit (2015). Status of the Cliff Exposures The erosion of the coastal cliffs…
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3D Study of Jurassic Dinosaurs from Nova Scotia
Fossil Research Lab Update : 1502-1 Fundy Geological Museum 3D Scan of Leg-Foot The museum researchers are creating a 3D scan of the block containing the lower leg and foot of one of the Jurassic dinosaurs from Nova Scotia. After repositioning the tibia using a custom-made plaster cradle, the block is being imaged for photogrammatry…
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Jurassic Dinosaur GF69
Two Hundred Million Years Ago At the dawn of the Jurassic Period – a small group of dinosaurs was rapidly buried by a sand dune that collapsed on edge of a seasonal river channel. These 200 million year old Jurassic dinosaur skeletons are found today on the northern shore of the Bay of Fundy, near…