Fossil Myriapod Trails In the Permo-Carboniferous Strata of Northern Nova Scotia, Canada

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  • R. J. Ryan Nova Scotia, Department of Mines and Energy, P.O.Box 1087, Halifax, Nova Soctia Scotia B3J 2X1

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4138/1604

Abstract

Several new localities of the trace fossil, Diplichitos, have been found in the Permo-Carboniferous strata of northern Nova Scotia. The trails at Cape John, Pictou County, Nova Scotia are the largest and the youngest (Early Pemian) record to date of this Ichnogenus attributed to myrlapods. At the Smith Point locality the trails are numerous, mil preserved and have a turning configuration. Poorly preserved trails are also found near Pugmash, Carter land County, Nova Scotia. The trails at Smith Point and Pugmash are late Westphalian In age. These trails are attributed to the giant Carboniferous myrlapod, Arthropleura. RÉSUMÉ Les strates permo-carbonifères du Nord de la Nouvelle-Écosse ont livre plus leurs nouveaux gisements de la trace fosslie Diplichitos. Les traces de Cape John, dans le carte de Pictou en Nouvelle-Écosse, sont les plus larges et les plus Jeunes (Eopermien) connues à ce jour pour cet Ichnogenre que l’on attrlbue aux myrlapodes. À la localité de Smith Point, les ichnites sont nortreuses, bien préservées et montrent des trajets en virage. On a aussl découvert des traces mal préservées près de Pugmash, dans le costé de Cumberland en Nouvelle-Écosse. Les pistes de Smith Point et de Pugmash sont d’âage tardimestphalien. On attribue ces pistes à Arthropleura, un myriapode géant du Carbonifère. [Traduit par le journal]

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Published

1986-08-01

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Ryan, R. J. (1986). Fossil Myriapod Trails In the Permo-Carboniferous Strata of Northern Nova Scotia, Canada. Atlantic Geoscience, 22(2). https://doi.org/10.4138/1604

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Vol. 22 No. 2 (1986)

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