A giant Rusophycus from the Arisaig Group (Siluro-Devonian) of Nova Scotia

Auteurs-es

  • W. Tansathien Department of Geology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick. E3B SA3
  • R. K. Pickerill Department of Geology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick. E3B SA3

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.4138/1624

Résumé

A unique specimen of the trace fossil Rusophycus in the Moydart Formation (Ludlow) of the Siluro-Devonlan Arisaig Group of northeastern Nova Scotia la at least 35 cm long, 18 en wide and 8.5 cm deep. The specimen represents the largest ftusophycus yet described and can truly be regarded as a giant. It is speculated that the most likely producer of the trace fossil was a homalonotid trilobite. RÉSUMÉ La Formation de Moydart (Ludlow) du Groups ailuro-dévonien d'Arisaig, au nord-est de la Nouvelle-Écosse, à livre un exemplalre unique de l'lcbnite Rusophycus aesurant au aolns 35 ca an de long, 18 ca de large et 8.5 ca de prolond. Il s'agit la du plus grand ftusophycus jamais décrlt et l'on est done en présence d'un veritable géant. Nous entrevoyons que l'auteur de cette trace à pu être un trilobite homolonotidé. [Traduit par le journal]

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Publié-e

1986-08-01

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Tansathien, W., & Pickerill, R. K. (1986). A giant Rusophycus from the Arisaig Group (Siluro-Devonian) of Nova Scotia. Atlantic Geoscience, 23(2). https://doi.org/10.4138/1624

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Vol. 23 No. 2 (1987)

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