Amazing Discoveries

Amazing Discoveries For its small size, Nova Scotia is unusually rich in fossils. Here are seven discoveries for which Nova Scotia is especially famous, representing a great variety of discoveries of national and international importance.
	Arisaig Sea Cliffs Silurian Period (438 - 408 million years ago) Walk through 150 million years of Earth's history.
	Horton Bluff Footprints Lower Carboniferous Period (360 - 310 million years ago) The largest fossilised amphibian footprints ever found in rocks of this age.
	Joggins' Ancient Reptiles Upper Carboniferous Period (310 - 290 million years ago) At Joggins, the rare remains of the earliest true reptiles have been found inside fossilised tree stumps.
	Diligent River Trackways Upper Carboniferous Period (310 - 290 million years ago) These incredible trackways are sure to reveal secrets of ancient amphibian life.
	Brule Trackway Permian Period (286 - 245 million years ago) The oldest evidence of herding behavior in animals.
	Parrsboro Trithelodont bones Jurassic Period (201 - 144 million years ago) The world's largest cache of Trithelodont bones has been found near Parrsboro.
	Mastodon Discovery Pleistocene Epoch (3 million to 10,000 years ago) The East Milford Mastodon is the most complete mastodon material found in Nova Scotia to date.