There were multiple trips to the research site during the summer of 2012. Observations were made about new sedimentary features visible after the recent erosion, and several successful samples of lake-shore sediment filled with fossil specimens were collected for processing “back in the lab”. NOTE: All specimens were collected under a Nova Scotia Research Permit,… Continue reading Samples in Microscope
Baby dinosaur vertebra
One of the most interesting bone fragments recovered from the Jurassic lake shoreline sediment samples collected in 2008 is a small cervical (neck) vertebra. The tiny neck vertebra is as long as your finger is wide. The entire animal would have been small – an annual hatchling perhaps that was approximately 35 cm in length… Continue reading Baby dinosaur vertebra
Birth of the Bay of Fundy
Today, the Minas Basin in the Bay of Fundy holds the record for the highest tides in the world. Also, the oldest dinosaurs in Canada are found along the shores of the Minas Basin. But the history of the Bay of Fundy relates to the breakup of the supercontinent Pangaea 200 million years ago. The… Continue reading Birth of the Bay of Fundy