These references were used as a source of the website information; personal contacts with scientists, curators and enthusiasts were very helpful too.

General References

1. Romer, Alfred Sherwood. 1966. Vertebrate Paleontology. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Fossil Finders

1. Abraham Gesner
• Barkhouse, Joyce. 1980. Abraham Gesner. Don Mills: Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd.
• Russell, Loris S. 1976. "Gesner, Abraham". in Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol IX. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
• Zaslow, Morris. 1975. Reading the Rocks. Toronto: Macmillan Company of Canada Ltd.
2. Sir William Logan
• Winder, Gordon C. 1972. "Logan, Sir William Edmond". in Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol X. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
• Zeller, Suzanne E. 1985. "Logan, Sir William Edmond". in Canadian Encyclopedia. Vol II. Edmonton: Hurtig publishers, Ltd.
• Zaslow, Morris. 1975. Reading the Rocks. Toronto: Macmillan Company of Canada Ltd.
3. Sir William Dawson
• Dawson, J.W. 1863. Air-Breathers of the Coal Period. Montreal: Dawson Brothers.
• Eakins, Peter R. and Jean Sinnamon.1985. "Dawson, Sir John William". in Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol XII. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
• Phillipson, Donald J.C. 1985. "Dawson, Sir John William". in Canadian Encylopedia. Vol I. Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers, Ltd.
• Clark, T.H. 1966. "Sir John William Dawson, 1820-1899". in Pioneers of Canadian Science. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
• Zaslow, Morris. 1975. Reading the Rocks. Toronto: Macmillan Company of Canada Ltd.
4. Rev. Dr. David Honeyman
• MacGregor, J.G. 1890. Address, Principally on the Provincial Museum, Delivered at the Opening of the Twenty-Second Session of the Nova Scotian Institute of Natural Science. Halifax: William MacNab.
• Honeyman, D. 1887. Giants and Pigmies. Halifax: Museum and Booksellers.
• Zaslow, Morris. 1975. Reading the Rocks. Toronto: Macmillan Company of Canada Ltd.
5. W.A. Bell
• Zodrow, Erwin L. 1997. Walter A. Bell (Geological Survey of Canada; 1920-1954): Founding father of the Canadian Carboniferous stratigraphy and pioneering briostratigrapher. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 95:3-5.
• von Bitter, Peter H. Walter Andrew Bell (1889-1969): Canadian Carboniferous Stratigrapher, Palaeobotanist and Palaeontologist par excellence. Geoscience Canada. 24(3):135-142.
• Zaslow, Morris. 1975. Reading the Rocks. Toronto: Macmillan Company of Canada Ltd.
6. Hugh Fletcher and E.R. Faribault
• Zaslow, Morris. 1975. Reading the Rocks. Toronto: Macmillan Company of Canada Ltd.
• von Bitter, Peter H. Walter Andrew Bell (1889-1969): Canadian Carboniferous Stratigrapher, Palaeobotanist and Palaeontologist par excellence. Geoscience Canada. 24(3):135-142.
• Malcolm, W. 1976. Gold Fields of Nova Scotia. Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada.
7. Dr. Erwin Zodrow
• Zodrow, E.L and K. McCandlish. 1980. Upper Carboniferous Fossil Flora of Nova Scotia. Halifax: Nova Scotia Museum.
8. Dr. John Calder
• Calder, J.H. et al. 1993. One of the Greatest Treasures. Nova Scotia: Dept. of Natural Resources

Important Sites

1. General
• 1992. A Map of the Province of Nova Scotia. Halifax: Province of Nova Scotia & Formac publishing Company Ltd.
• Thurston, Harry. 1994. Dawning of the Dinosaurs. Halifax: Nova Scotia Museum. (regarding trackways)
2. Horton Bluff
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3. Parrsboro
• Thurston, Harry. 1994. Dawning of the Dinosaurs. Halifax: Nova Scotia Museum.
4. Joggins
• Thurston, Harry. 1994. Dawning of the Dinosaurs. Halifax: Nova Scotia Museum.
• Zodrow, E.L and K. McCandlish. 1980. Upper Carboniferous Fossil Flora of Nova Scotia. Halifax: Nova Scotia Museum.
• Ferguson, Laing. 1988. The Fossil Cliffs of Joggins. Halifax: Nova Scotia Museum.
5. Arisaig
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6. Brule
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7. East Milford
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8. Diligent River
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9. Sydney Coalfields
• Zodrow, E.L and K. McCandlish. 1980. Upper Carboniferous Fossil Flora of Nova Scotia. Halifax: Nova Scotia Museum.
• Hayes, A.O. and W.A. Bell, 1923. The Southern Part of the Sydney Coal Field, Nova Scotia. Ottawa: F.A. Acland.
• Calder, J.H. et al. 1993. One of the Greatest Treasures. Nova Scotia: Dept. of Natural Resources

Geological History

1. General
• Davis, Derek S. and Sue Browne, ed. 1996. The Natural History of Nova Scotia, Volume One: Topics & Habitats. Nova Scotia: Nova Scotia Museum
• 1992. A Map of the Province of Nova Scotia. Halifax: Province of Nova Scotia & Formac publishing Company Ltd.
• Bott, Martin H.P.1982. The Interior of the Earth: its structure, constitution and evolution. London: Edward Arnold (Publishers) Ltd.
• Foster, Robert J. 1969. General Geology. Columbus, Ohio: Charles E. Merrill Publishing Co.
2. Quaternary
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3. Tertiary
• Roland, Albert E. 1982. Geological Background and Physiography of Nova Scotia. Halifax: The Nova Scotian Institute of Science.
4. Cretaceous
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5. Jurassic
• Thurston, Harry. 1994. Dawning of the Dinosaurs. Halifax: Nova Scotia Museum.
6. Triassic
• Thurston, Harry. 1994. Dawning of the Dinosaurs. Halifax: Nova Scotia Museum.
7. Permian
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8. Carboniferous
• Thurston, Harry. 1994. Dawning of the Dinosaurs. Halifax: Nova Scotia Museum.
• Zodrow, E.L and K. McCandlish. 1980. Upper Carboniferous Fossil Flora of Nova Scotia. Halifax: Nova Scotia Museum.
• Ferguson, Laing. 1988. The Fossil Cliffs of Joggins. Halifax: Nova Scotia Museum.
9. Devonian
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10. Silurian
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11. Cambrian
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12. Pre-Cambrian
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